
A2A Quick reference
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2 ed.)
The Access to Archives web site, which contains catalogues of archives held in record offices across England.

abbey Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
A major monastery, ruled over by an abbot. The Cistercian and Premonstratensian foundations were abbeys, whereas the Cluniac and Carthusian

abbey Quick reference
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2 ed.)
A major monastery, ruled over by an abbot. The Cistercian and Premonstratensian foundations were abbeys, whereas the Cluniac and

abstract Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
A summary of a document.

abstract Quick reference
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2 ed.)
A summary of a document.

accompt Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
Archaic form of ‘account’.

accompt Quick reference
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2 ed.)
Archaic form of ‘account’.

accounts, medieval Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
The survival rate of annual accounts for medieval estates varies from one part of the country to another. For Norfolk

accounts, medieval Quick reference
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2 ed.)
The survival rate of annual accounts for medieval estates varies from one part of the country to another. For Norfolk

achievement of arms Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
The complete representation of the heraldic insignia of a family, including the coat of arms, crest, helmet, mantling, torse,