Abbreviations
APC: J.R. Dasent (ed.), Acts of the Privy Council 1542–1604, 31 vols. (London, 1890–1907)
BL: British Library
Calendar: J.C. Appleby (ed.), A Calendar of Material relating to Ireland from the High Court of Admiralty Examinations 1536–1641 (Dublin, 1992)
CSPD: R. Lemon et al. (eds.), Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1547–1603 and Addenda, 7 vols. (London, 1856–71)
CSPD Edward: C.S. Knighton (ed.), Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series of the Reign of Edward VI 1547–1553 (London, 1992)
CSPD Mary: C.S. Knighton (ed.), Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series of the Reign of Mary I 1553–1558 (London, 1998)
CSPF: W.B. Turnbull et al. (eds.), Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, 1547–89, 23 vols. (London, 1861–1950)
CSPI: H.C. Hamilton et al. (eds.), Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland 1509–1603, 11 vols. (London, 1860–1912)
CPR: Calendar of Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office 1461–1582, 24 vols. (London, 1897–1986)
CSPS: M. Hume et al. (eds.), Calendar of Letters and State Papers relating to English Affairs, preserved principally in the Archives of Simancas 1558–89, 4 vols. (London, 1892–99)
CSPV: R. Brown et al. (eds.), Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts, relating to English Affairs, existing in the Archives and Collections of Venice 1558–1603, 9 vols. (London, 1890–97)
EHR: English Historical Review
EPV: K.R. Andrews (ed.), English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588–1595 (Hakluyt Society, Second Series, 111, 1959)
HCA: High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives
HMC Salisbury: Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, 23 vols. (Historical Manuscripts Commission, London, 1883–1973)
Law and Custom: R.G. Marsden (ed.), Documents relating to the Law and Custom of the Sea, 2 vols. (Navy Records Society, 49 & 50, 1915–16)
List and Analysis: R.B. Wernham (ed.), List and Analysis of State Papers Foreign Series Elizabeth I 1589–1596, 7 vols. (London, 1964–2000)
LP: J.S. Brewer et al. (eds.), Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII and Addenda, 22 vols. (2nd edition, London, 1920–32)
MM: Mariner’s Mirror
Monson’s Tracts: M. Oppenheim (ed.), The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson, 5 vols. (Navy Records Society, 22, 23, 43, 45, 47, 1902–14)
NAW: D.B. Quinn (ed.), New American World: A Documentary History of North America to 1612, 5 vols. (London, 1979)
ODNB: C. Matthew and B. Harrison (eds.), The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 60 vols. (Oxford, 2004)
Pays–Bas: K. de Lettenhove (ed.), Relations Politiques des Pays–Bas et de l’Angleterre sous Le Règne de Philippe II, 11 vols. (Brussels, 1888–1900)
PN: Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, 12 vols. (3rd edition, Glasgow, 1903–5, repr. New York, 1969)
Select Pleas: R.G. Marsden (ed.), Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty, 2 vols. (Selden Society, 6 & 11, 1894–97)
SP: State Papers, The National Archives
Tudor Proclamations: P.L. Hughes and J.F. Larkin (eds.), Tudor Royal Proclamations, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1964–69)