| Add. ms | Additional Manuscript, British Library |
| bl | British Library |
| eebo | Early English Books Online |
| Grace Book A | Grace Book A: Containing the Proctors’ Accounts and Other Records of the University of Cambridge for the Years 1454–1488, ed. Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897). |
| Grace Book B Part i | Grace Book B: Containing the Proctors’ Accounts and Other Records of the University of Cambridge for the Years 1488–1511, ed. Mary Bateson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903). |
| Grace Book B Part ii | Grace Book B Part ii: Containing the Accounts of the Proctors of the University of Cambridge, 1511–1544, ed. Mary Bateson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905). |
| Grace Book Γ | Grace Book Γ: Containing the records of the University of Cambridge for the years 1501–1542, ed. W. G. Searle (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908). |
| Grace Book Δ | Grace Book Δ: Containing the records of the University of Cambridge for the years 1542–1589, ed. John Venn (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910). |
| hmso | Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| jeh | Journal of Ecclesiastical History |
| lp | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry viii, eds. J. S. Brewer et al., 21 vols. in 33 parts (London: hmso, 1862–1910). |
| n.d. | date not known |
| n.p. | place not known |
| n.pub. | publisher (or printer) not known |
| odnb | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, 60 vols. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). |
| odnb Online | Online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online), ed. Colin Matthew and Brian Harrison (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004-), < |
| rpt. | reprinted |
| sp | State Papers |
| tna | The National Archives |
| ustc | Universal Short Title Catalogue (Online), hosted by the University of St. Andrews, < |