Many thanks Tim, Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: devon@rootsweb.com To: Cc: Sent:Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:15:59 +0000 Subject:Re: [DEV] Abbreviations in a footnote Hi Robyn If i have read and understood correctly, what it means is if you look in the Alum Cantab to 1751, then look up the entry for Wm. Byass See http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/latin-terms-and-abbreviations/ for meanings of obscure latin abbreviations. Tim Treeby DFHS 13926 On 18/01/2014 21:41, Robyn Waymouth wrote: > Greetings all, > > Can someone help me to interpret these abbreviations found in a > footnote to an article on the Victoria County History website? > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22947&strquery=byass#n333 > > B.L. Add. MS. 39348, ff. 258-9; _Alum. Cantab. to_ 1751, s.v. Wm. > Byass. > > The bit that I don't get is "s.v. Wm. Byass" as there's no mention of > Wm Byass in the article. He's the chap I'm interested in (his > descendent married into my Devon Waymouths, so it's nearly Devon > related). > > Many thanks, > > Robyn > ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiverrootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message