Cambridgeshire

W

indicates that an original will exists; it is followed by the year the will was proved

WR

indicates that the will was registered, and the following figures indicate the volume number and the folio number divided by a colon

A

indicates that an administration bond exists and is followed by the year it was made

AR

indicates a registered administration followed by the volume and folio number

(Admon)

after WR volume and folio numbers indicates an administration entered among the wills

(Inv)

after the volume and folio of the WR numbers indicates that an inventory is incorporated with the will and not in the boxes of bonds and inventories

(date)

indicates that the will was not proved and the date is the year the will was made and the packet where the original will is filed. From the earlier part of the eighteenth century some wills are shown as 'not proved in common form' and an administration bond is made. In these cases no parentheses are used as the administration bond will bear the same date

(Guard)

following the AR volume and folio numbers indicates a guardianship bond

(Caveat)

following the AR volume and folio numbers indicates contentious probate

*

after the WR or AR volume and folio numbers indicates the existence of various associated docu­ments filed in the boxes labelled Bonds and Inventories. These can include an inventory, renunciation, caveat, guardianship or deposition. Few inventories exist separately before 1690 and after 1780

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is placed where information given in, for example, the heading of a will is not confirmed in the original or elsewhere

Supplementary information included and not found in the heading of the will or administration bond is indicated as follows in the inventory

(pr)

in the probate

(dw)

in the text of the will stating the house in which he dwells is in a particular parish

(b)

in the text of the will stating he is to be buried in a particular parish

(a)

according to administration

als.

alias

B.A

Bachelor of Arts

B.D.

Bachelor of Divinity (often shewn in records as 'S.T.B.')

bach.

bachelor

bd.

requiring burial at

ch.

leaving benefactions to church at

d

died

D.D.

Doctor of Divinity (often shewn in records as 'S.T.P.')

(f)

formerly

gent.

gentleman

husb.

husbandman

(i)

according to inventory

lab.

labourer

LL.D.

Doctor of Laws

M.A.

Master of Arts

M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

(ns)

signs as

(p)

according to record of probate

sp.

spinster

(t)

bequeathes unpaid tithes to

wid.

widow

widr.

widower

yeo.

yeoman

Acc

Account in Ely Diocesan Records [A/12]*

AccAP

Account in Administrations Packet

AccVC

Account among records of Vice-Chancellor's Court

AEP

Archdeaconry of Ely Probate

AWP

Administration in Wills Packet

AWR

Administration in Will Register

CA

Original Consistory Administration (with date)

CAP

Caveat in Administrations Packet

CG

Caveat in Ely Diocesan Records [G/2/18-22]; see GV below

CM

Incomplete or copy will, or other variant item in Will Packet

CR

Entry in Ely Diocesan Records: register of caveats [A/7/5]

CW

Original Consistory Court Will (with date)

CWP

Caveat in Wills Packet

EA

Administration in Ely Diocesan Records [A/7/1]*

EDR

Ely Diocesan Records

EI

Inventory in Ely Diocesan Records [A/7/1]*

EW

Will in Ely Diocesan Records [A/7/1]*

GAP

Guardianship papers in Bonds and Inventories

GAR

Records of guardianship in Consistory Administrations Register

GG

Guardianship records in EDR G/2/18-22 (see GV below)

GR

Entry in Ely Diocesan Records: register of tuitions [A/7/4]

GV

Entry in Ely Diocesan registers of administrations, caveats and grants of tuition included in the general licence registers, 1563-1620, 1660-1694; [EDR G/2/18-22]

GWP

Guardianship papers in Wills Packet

GWR

Records of guardianship in Consistory Wills Register

I

Document, other than administration bond or inventory, boxed with Bonds and Administrations

I+

More than one such document

In

Inventory

In+

Inventory and other document (as above)

IT; InT

As I and 'In' above, but filed with Thorney Bonds and Inventories

IWP

Inventory in Wills Packet

IWR

Inventory in Will Register PCC Prerogative Court of Canterbury

PWR

Probate (only) in Will Register

PGR

Probate in EDR G/2/18-22 (see GV above)

RAP

Renunciation in Administrations Packet

RWP

Renunciation in Wills Packet

ThA

Original Thorney Administration bond

ThR

Registers of Thorney Peculiar (with page). Note that the Thorney registers contain copies of both wills and administrations

ThW

Original Thorney Will

VAC

Consistory Administrations Register (with no. and folio or page no.)

VC

Consistory Court Will Register (with no. of register, and of folio or page)

W

see CM

&

indicates that the record next referred to is additional to other, usually routine items, in the same source.