Surrey & South London Will Abstracts - Forename abbreviations

The following abbreviations of Christian names may occasionally be encountered. They were used in the early indexes created for Volume 1 ("Spage") and Volume 7 ("Herringman"). We have tried to expand these wherever they appeared but may have missed some. Please note the ambiguity introduced by the abbreviation "Fr." Be aware that in searching for someone named Frances the person appearing in a will might actually be Francis, and vice versa. So we recommend that is searching for Frances or Francis you simply search on forename "FR" or "FRA" - which will find all Franceses, Francises and Franks.

If searching for a name below try the abbreviation first, and if not successful use the full forename. (Do not add a full stop after any abbreviation.)

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F

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H

J

K

L

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N

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Forename	Abbreviation
A
Alexander	Alex
Andrew	And
Anthony	Ant
Arthur	Ar
B
Bartholomew	Bar
Benjamin	Ben
C
Charles	Ch
Christopher	Chr
E
Edmund	Edm
Edward	Edw
Eleanor	El
Elizabeth	Eliz
F
Francis Frances Frauncis	Fr
G
George	Geo
H
Harry	Ha
Henry	He
Humphrey	Hum
Hugh	Hu
J
James	Ja
John	Jo
K
Katherine	Kath
L
Laurence	Laur
Leonard	Leon
M
Margaret	Marg
Matthew	Mat
Michael	Mich
N
Nathaniel	Nat
Nicholas	Ni
P
Peter	Pe
Philip	Ph
R
Ralph	Ra
Richard	Ri
Robert	Ro
S
Samuel	Sam
Simon	Si
Stephen Steven	Ste
T
Thomas	Th
Timothy	Tim
W
Walter	Wa
William	Wi