Abbreviations
| APC | Dasent, John Roche, ed., Acts of the Privy Council of England, new series, 4 vols (Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Tanner Richie, 2004â2005) |
| BCP | The Book of Common Prayer (various editions) |
| BL | The British Library |
| BLDB | British Library Database of Bookbindings at https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/ |
| EEBO | Early English Books Online at https://eebo.chadwyck.com/home |
| ESTC | English Short Title Catalogue at http://estc.bl.uk |
| FB | Pettegree, Andrew and Malcolm Walsby, eds., French Books III & IV. Books published in France before 1601 in Latin and Languages other than French, 2 vols (Leiden: Brill, 2011) |
| HEH | Henry E. Huntington Library Catalogue Local Call Number |
| H&L | Hughes, Paul L., and James F. Larkin, eds., Tudor Royal Proclamations, Vol. 1: The Early Tudors (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1964) |
| M&F | McKerrow, R.B., and F.S. Ferguson, eds., Title-Page Borders Used in England & Scotland 1485â1640 â Illustrated Monographs (Oxford: Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1932) |
| P&PD | McKerrow, Ronald B., ed., Printersâ & Publishersâ Devices in England & Scotland, 1485â1640 (London: Bibliographical Society, 1949) |
| NB | Pettegree, Andrew, and Malcolm Walsby, eds., Netherlandish Books (Books Published in the Low Countries and Dutch Books Printed Abroad before 1601) 2 vols (Leiden: Brill, 2010) |
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
| ODNB | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography at http://oxforddnb.com |
| OL | Robinson, Hastings, ed., Original Letters Relative to the English Reformation: Written during the Reigns of King Henry VIII., King Edward VI., and Queen Mary: Chiefly from the Archives of Zurich, vols 1â2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1846â7) |
| PR Edward VI | Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward VI: Vol. IâIV, AD 1547â1553 (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1924â1926) |
| SP | Knighton, C.S., ed., Calendar of State Papers: Domestic Series of the reign of Edward VI 1547â1553 (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1992) |
| SP Foreign | Turnbull, William B., ed., Calendar of State Papers: Foreign Series of the Reign of Edward VI 1547â1553 (Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Tanner Ritchie, 2005) |
| SP Ireland | Hamilton, Hans Claude, ed., Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth 1509â1573 (London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1860) |
| SP Spanish | Hume, Martin A.S., and Royall Tyler, eds., Calendar of Letters, Despatches and State Papers relating to the negotiations between England and Spain in the Archives of Simancas and Elsewhere, vols 9â11 (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1912) |
| STC | Pollard, A.W., and G.R. Redgrave, eds., A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475â1640, 3 vols, 2nd edn revised and enlarged, begun by W.A. Jackson, and F.S. Ferguson, completed by K.F. Pantzer (London: Bibliographical Society, 1987â1991) |
| USTC | Universal Short Title Catalogue at http://ustc.ac.uk |