| BLHL | Barnet Local History Library |
| BM | British Museum |
| CMR | Calendar of Middlesex Sessions Records (London Metropolitan Archives) |
| CSP(D) | Calendar of State Papers (Domestic) (National Archives) |
| CCP | Court of Common Pleas (National Archives) |
| CR | Calendar of Charter Rolls (National Archives) |
| CCR | Calendar of Close Rolls (National Archives) |
| Chan. | Chancery (National Archives) |
| CIPM | Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem (National Archives) |
| CKB | Court of King’s Bench (National Archives) |
| CLA | Cricklewood Library & Archives |
| CLRO | City of London Record Office |
| CPR | Calendar of Patent Rolls (National Archives) |
| Davenport MSS | Notes and transcripts by P Davenport, in the possession of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society |
| DOL | Records of the Duchy of Lancaster (National Archives) |
| EMC | Extra-Mural Collections (per VCH) |
| ERO | Essex Record Office |
| FHM | Forty Hall Museum |
| GB | Guy Blythman |
| GL, COL | Guildhall Library, Corporation Of London |
| GLRO | Greater London Record Office (now London Metropolitan Archives) |
| HAD | Hackney Archives Department |
| Harl | Harleian MS, British Library |
| Hatfield CFEP | Cecil Family and Estate Papers, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire |
| HHS | Hillingdon Heritage Service |
| HLS, CLLHC | Hounslow Leisure Services: Chiswick Local History Collection |
| HOP | Home Office Papers (National Archives) |
| JIP | Justices Itinerant Papers (National Archives) |
| JKMJ | Kenneth Major |
| LMA (M & P) | London Metropolitan Archives (Maps and Prints) |
| LBELS | London Borough Of Ealing Library Service |
| LBOEL | London Borough Of Enfield Libraries |
| LBRUT | London Borough Of Richmond-upon-Thames |
| LBTH, LHLA | London Borough Of Tower Hamlets, Local History Library And Archives |
| LMA | London Metropolitan Archives (aka London Archives) |
| L & P Henry VIII | Letters and Papers of the reign of Henry VIII (National Archives) |
| LTA | Land Tax Assessment (LMA) |
| LVL | Licensed Victuallers’ Lists (LMA) |
| Marcham | W M Marcham, “Digest of Court Rolls and other Records” of Stoke Newington (transcript in Hackney Archives Department) |
| MLR | Middlesex Land Registry, (London Metropolitan Archives) |
| MO | Mrs Margery Orton |
| MOE | Ministry of Education (National Archives) |
| MOL | Museum Of London |
| MPC | Maps and Plans, LMA |
| MRO | Middlesex Record Office (now London Metropolitan Archives) |
| MTM | Martin T Mason, More About Middlesex Windmills (Middlesex Quarterly Winter 1954) |
| NA | National Archives (formerly Public Record Office) |
| NA, E | Exchequer (National Archives) |
| OCR | Mrs O Clive-Ross |
| PCC | Prerogative Court of Canterbury (National Archives) |
| Prob. | Probate documents (National Archives) |
| SB | Stephen Buckland |
| SC | Special Collections, National Archives |
| SP | State Papers, National Archives |
| TLMAS | Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society |
| UG | Uxbridge Gazette |
| WG, UOM | Whitworth Art Gallery, University Of Manchester |
| WAM | Westminster Abbey Muniments |