Abbreviations

BL

British Library

Bod

Bodleian Library

BX

Berend Wispelwey, Biographical Index of the Benelux Countries (Munchen: KG Saur, 2003)

DNB

Dictionary of National Biography

f. / fol. / fols

folio(s)

HMC

Historical Manuscripts Commission

IBN

Francois P Lobies ed. Index Bio-Bibliographicus notorum hominum (Osnabruck: Biblio Verlag, 1972- )

OED

Oxford English Dictionary

MS

Manuscript

TNA SP

The National Archives (formerly Public Record Office), State Papers