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

o^r 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

w^t with

iij^xx three times twenty, i. e. sixty

iiij^xx four times twenty, i. e. eighty

M^l one thousand

M v C liiij 1554

M^l M^l M^l xliij 3043

iiij M D C xlix 4649, &c.