Abbreviation | Reference |
P 227 | Poole Settlement Examinations. P 227. Dorset Record Office, England |
P 227/OV 12 | Poole Settlement Examinations. P 227. |
P 34/OV 7 | Poole Settlement Examinations. P 34/OV 7. Canford, Dorset, England |
p. a. or pa | per annum |
packet | packet (vessel) |
Paign | Paignton, Devon, England |
Paign | Paignton, Devon Parish Records, England |
pakenham | Pakenham, West Suffolk, England |
pakenham | Pakenham, West Suffolk Parish Records, England |
palma | Palma (or Palma de Mallorca), Spain |
para | Paraguay |
pass | passenger(s) |
pc | unknown source |
PCC | Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England |
pdr | pounder (a gun) |
PEI Gaz* | Prince Edward Island Gazette (newspaper, Prince Edward Island) |
PEI Reg | Prince Edward Island Official Ship Registry |
penz | Penzance, Cornwall, England |
Pepys* | Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660-1669. Samuel Pepys |
Perchard/Boag | Perchard and Boag, St. John's, Newfoundland agents for Brigus Packet Company |
perpet | perpet (a durable fabric of wool manufactured in England from the 16th century) |
Pete | Peter |
petersburg | St. Petersburg, Russia or Petersburg, Virginia |
PG | Port de Grave, Conception Bay, Newfoundland |
PH | Petty Harbour, Newfoundland |
Phil | Philip |
phile | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
pictou | Pictou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia |
piddletown | Puddletown, Dorset, England |
pink | pink (a small square-rigged vessel with a narrow and overhanging stern, often used for the carriage of masts) |
pipe | a large cask of varying capacity used mainly for wine and oil; any of many units of liquid capacity based on the size of a pipe, especially a unit equal to 2 hogsheads |
pkt | packet (vessel) |
plac | Placentia, Newfoundland |
plac recs | Newfoundland. Placentia Records? |
plaintiff | one who brings a case against another into court |
plant | plantation (fishing premises) |
Plant Book (see CO 199/18)* | Bickington, Devon, England |
plant cert | plantation certificate (plantation registers stemmed out of the Navigation Act of 1660 [and other acts], that trade between England and her colonies, along with inter-colonial trade, was reserved to vessels which were owned, mastered, and predominantly manned by people of the British Empire [including Ireland], and if the vessels were owned by the plantations, built by subjects of the British Empire) |
plant cert dtmth | Dartmouth plantation certificate (see "plant cert" above for a detailed explanation) |
planter | owner of fishing premises (a "plantation") or a vessel |
plym | Plymouth, Devon, England |
p.m. | per month (in appropriate context) |
pol | Poole, Dorset, England |
pol/port of Bristol | Bristol Port Books, England |
Pool(e) | Poole, Dorset, England |
Pool Unit | Poole Unitarian Parish Records, England |
Pool Vestry | Poole Vestry Accounts, England |
poole | Poole, Dorset Parish Records, England |
Poole Ang | Poole Anglican Parish Records, England |
Poole App Ind | Poole Apprentice Indenture Records, England |
poole dissent | Poole, Dissenting, Dorset Parish Records, England |
Poole mansions* | Mansions and Merchants of Poole and Dorset. Derek Beamish, John Hillier and H.F.V. Johnstone (Poole Historic Trust, 1976) |
Poole mchts* | Mansions and Merchants of Poole and Dorset. Derek Beamish, John Hillier and H.F.V. Johnstone (Poole Historic Trust, 1976) |
Poole quay | Poole Quayage Books, England |
poole rate | Poole Rate Books, England |
poole s (see P 277) | Poole Settlement Examinations. P277. Dorset Records Office, England |
poole s 926 | (presented at quarter sessions 1764) |
Poole Skinner St | Poole - Skinner St., Dissenting Church Records, Dorset, England |
poole unitarian | Poole, Unitarians, Dorset Parish Records, England |
Pope Transcripts* | The Pope Transcripts of Chancery Records concerning Dorsetshire. (Dorsetshire County Museum, Dorchester, England) |
port | Portugal |
Port Bks (see E 190)* | Great Britain. Exchequer. E 190, Devon Port Books |
Port Cove | Portugal Cove Parish Records, Conception Bay, Newfoundland |
port medway | Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia |
Portsmth | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
Portsmth | Portsmouth, Hampshire Parish Records, England |
Post* | Morning Post and Shipping Gazette (newspaper, St. John's, Newfoundland) |
prawl(e) or prall | Prawle, Devon, England |
pr eliz | Princess Elizabeth (vessel) |
princ | principal |
prize | the common name applied to an enemy vessel that had been captured at sea by a ship of war or a privateer |
pro | for/on behalf of (a person, event, issue, etc.) |
Probate CT | Probate Court Records |
prot returns | Protestant Returns |
provs | provisions |
prowse | A History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial and Foreign Records. D.W. Prowse (London, 1895) |
pt bks (see E 190)* | Great Britain. Exchequer. E 190, Devon Port Books |
pte | private |
Pteer | privateer (ship commissioned by letters of marque to perform general reprisals) |
ptsmth | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
ptty juror | petty juror (a juror having secondary rank or importance) |
pub ad* | Public Ledger and Newfoundland General Advertiser (newspaper, Newfoundland) |
publican | one who is licensed to run a public house (saloon, bar, tavern) |
puddletown | Puddletown (sometimes called Piddletown), Dorset, England |
puncheon | 1) a large cask of various sizes 2) a liquid unit equal to 70 gallons |
punt | vessel; Punton and Munn, Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland merchants |
punton | Punton and Munn, merchants, came to Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland in 1833, purchasing the premises of Danson and Company
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