Explanation of the Abbreviations Used in These Accounts
| Chamb̃r | chamber |
| chargꝭ | charges |
| com̃aunde | commandment |
| cov̑ | cover |
| deliv̑ed | delivered |
| div̑ | divers |
| di’ | half |
| ev̑y | every |
| falcoñs | falconers |
| gardeñ | gardener |
| gꝭ kꝭ tꝭ &c. | gs, ks, ts, &c. thus, wagꝭ, wages; hawkꝭ, hawks; shertꝭ, sherts, &c. |
| gc̃e | grace |
| jh̃u | Jesus |
| keꝓ | keeper |
| kingꝭ | kings |
| ƚres | letters |
| m̑ | master |
| maist̑ |
| m̑cer | mercer |
| or | our |
| ov̑ | over |
| ꝓ | par, thus, ꝓke, park |
| pecꝭ | pieces |
| poȗ | poor |
| s’v̑nt | servant |
| s’vice | service |
| Sm̄ partꝭ | Summa Partis |
| Sm̄ to’ƚꝭ soluc̑ huĩ mens’ | Summa totalis solucionis hujus mensis |
| vꝭ | vers, thus, plovꝭ, plovers, &c. |
| Walth̃m | Waltham |
| Westm̑ | Westminster |
| wt | with |
| iijxx | three times twenty, i. e. sixty |
| iiijxx | four times twenty, i. e. eighty |
| Ml | one thousand |
| M v C liiij | 1554 |
| Ml Ml Ml xliij | 3043 |
| iiij M D C xlix | 4649, &c. |
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