| bi | Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. |
| CCCC | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
| cced | Clergy of the Church of England Database (http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk) |
| ga | Gloucestershire Archives |
| HRO | Hampshire Record Office |
| KHLC | Kent History and Library Centre |
| la | Lincolnshire Archives |
| LMA | London Metropolitan Archives |
| LRO | Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office |
| MSC | Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham |
| na | Nottinghamshire Archives |
| NRO | Norfolk Record Office |
| nthro | Northamptonshire Record Office |
| OED | Oxford English Dictionary |
| (Oxford University Press, online edition, http://www.oed.com) | |
| ODNB | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| (Oxford University Press, online edition, http://www.oxforddnb.com) | |
| OHC | Oxford History Centre |
| PRS | Parish Register Society |
| SHC | Somerset Heritage Centre |
| SEAX | Essex Archives online |
| (seax.essexcc.gov.uk) | |
| TNA | The National Archives |
| WRO | Worcestershire Record Office (now Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service) |