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A.D. Aube = Archives départementales de l'Aube: G 4170 (case register; see Registre de Troyes)
A.D. Bouches-du-Rhône = Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône: 5 G 775 (process register)
A.D. Lozère = Mende, Archives départementales de la Lozère: G. 963; G943 (case registers)
A.D. Marne = Châlons-sur-Marne, Archives départementales de la Marne: G 922 (case register)
A.D. Pyrénées-Orientales = Perpignan, Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales: G145bis (case register)
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Bracton = Bracton on the Laws and Customs of England, ed. Woodbine, George, trans. S. E. Thorne, 4 vols. (Cambridge, MA 1968–77)
C. (followed by book, title, and lex numbers) = Codex Iustinianus; see below under Corpus Iuris Civilis
C. (followed by Causa number), q. (followed by quaestio number), c (followed by chapter number) = Decretum Gratiani, in Corpus Iuris Canonici 1
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CCA = Canterbury, Cathedral Archives: ChAnt = Chartae Antiquae, ChCh = Christ Church Letters, Eastry = Eastry Letters, ESR = Ecclesiastical Suit Roll, SVSB = Sede Vacante Scrapbook. Also Sede Vacante Visitation Rolls; Literary MS. D.8.
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Cons.AB (followed a number); see below under “York”
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CP (followed by a letter and a number), see below under “York”
CPL (followed by date) = Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, 3: Letters: 1342–1362, ed. Bliss, W. and Johnson, C. (London 1897)
CPPet = Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, 1: Petitions, 1342–1419, ed. Bliss, W. H., (London 1896)
CPR (followed by date) = Calendar of Patent Rolls (1216–1509), 54 vols. (London 1893–1916)
CUL, DMA, D2/1 = Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, D2/1 (Act book of the Ely consistory court, see also Stentz, Calendar)
D (followed by title, fragment, and section numbers) = Digesta seu Pandectae; see under Corpus Iuris Civilis
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