Sometimes to mark an Abbreviation beginning with r:
coꝝ
coronacionem
&
et
The & appears in the Print wherever an Abbreviation for et appears in the Manuscript.
⹒
and
In the Copies of some Scotch Records in Appendix H. to the Introduction.
&̄
eciam
∻
est
c͛
cer
fec͛it
fecerit
c͛tum
certum
am͛cietur
amercietur
m͛cator
mercator
s͛vicium
servicium
s͛vir
servir
cet͛a
cetera
t͛ram
terram
t͛spasours
trespasours
fu͛it
fuerit
h̴u͛it
habuerit
estov͛iū
estoverium
ov͛tes
overtes
m͛
mer
s͛
ser
t͛
ter
sometimes tre
u͛
uer
v͛
ver
ꝑ
per
As the Prepositions per and pro, and in forming Words:
ꝓ
pro
ceꝑit
ceperit
ꝓpia
propria
ꝓbū
probum
ꝑsone
persone
aꝑtement
apertement
ꝓfit
profit
ꝑmisit
permisit
ꝓmisit
promisit
ꝓchein
prochein
ꝑa
persona
ꝑ
also for par and por
ꝑatus
paratus
ꝑceles
parceles
temꝑe
tempore
corꝑum
corporum
p͛
pre
p͛sentem
presentem
p͛laz̵
prelatz
p͛d̵c̃m
predictum
p͛ndront
prendront
z̵
tz
fiz̵
fitz
fez̵
fetz
establisemenz̵
establisementz
tenaunz̵
tenauntz
In the Copies of some Records the following Characters occur.
ꝭ
is or s
Scottꝭ
Scottis
As also the Saxon Characters,
Lordꝭ
Lords
þ
th
ȝ
y
In citing the several Statute Rolls, Parliament Rolls, and Close, Patent, Fine, and Charter Rolls, the Year of the King, the Part, if there are more Rolls than one of the same Year, the Membrane or Skin, and the Number of the Article, where is it so distinguished on the Roll, are particularised; and if it is on the Dorse or Back of the Roll that also is noticed.—The several Membranes or Skins of which of the Rolls are composed, are frequently numbered from the bottom to the top of the Roll, the Membrane at the End being numbered 1, and so progressively up to the beginning of the Roll;—Thus:
Mag. Rot. Stat. m. 46 d. signifies,—The Great Roll of the Statutes, on the back of Membrane 46.
Rot. Parl. 6 Edw. II. P. 2. nu. 3. - Parliament Roll 6 Edward II. Part II. Number 3.
Rot. Claus.
Close Roll.
Rot. Fin.
Fine Roll.
Rot. Pat.
Patent Roll.
Rot. Cart.
Charter Roll.
In Cedula - In a Schedule or separate Skin or Membrane attached to the Roll. For Explanations as to the other Records and Manuscripts cited, See Appendix C.
