Preliminaries
Picture credits
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The following copyright images are reproduced by permission:
Figures 3.1, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11: Master and Fellows, Magdalene College, Cambridge
Figures 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 5.8, 5.9, 5.14: British Library
Figure 5.5: Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (Crown copyright)
Figure 5.7: Marquess of Salisbury
Textual conventions
I have modernised the spelling and punctuation of 16th century quotations, and expanded contractions. However, the titles of books have generally been left unaltered.
Abbreviations
BL | British Library |
Bodl. | Bodleian Library |
E | Public Record Office, Exchequer Papers |
Lansd. | British Library, Lansdowne MSS |
PRO | Public Record Office |
SP | Public Record Office, State Papers |
STC | A.W. Pollard, G.R. Redgrave, A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland, 1475-1640, second edition, 3 vols (London, 1976-1991) |