This is a preliminary list of abbreviations used in the editorial annotations, together with the locations of papers to which references are made. The list is followed by the abbreviations used for the books of the Bible.
| b. | born |
| barr. | barrister |
| BCP | Book of Common Prayer |
| Bell, Davidson | G.K.A. Bell, Randall Davidson. Archbishop of Canterbury (2 vols, 1935) |
| Bishop Hunter papers | papers of Bishop Leslie Hunter, Sheffield Archives and Local Studies Library |
| BL Add Mss | British Library additional manuscripts |
| BM [with date] | Bishops Meetings: minutes of the meetings of archbishops and diocesan bishops of the Church of England, Lambeth Palace Library |
| Bodl., MS | manuscript collections in the Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| Braley, Letters | Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson, ed. E.F. Braley (1951) |
| Braley, More letters | More letters of Herbert Hensley Henson, ed. E.F. Braley (1954) |
| Brig.-Gen. | Brigadier-General |
| bt | baronet/battalion |
| (C) | Conservative |
| Canterbury Convocation [with year volume] | The chronicle of Convocation: being a record of the proceedings of the Convocation of Canterbury. |
| Capt. | Captain |
| CBE | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| CH | Companion of Honour |
| Chadwick, Henson | Owen Chadwick, Hensley Henson. A study in the friction between church and state (1983) |
| CFN | Church Family Newspaper |
| CIGS | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| CMS | Church Missionary Society |
| Col | Colonel |
| (Co. Lab) | Coalition Labour |
| (Co. L) | Coalition Liberal |
| (Co. U) | Coalition Unionist |
| Coll. | College |
| COPEC | Conference on Politics, Economics and Citizenship |
| CSU | Christian Social Union |
| CW | Christian World |
| CWP | Christian World Pulpit |
| Davidson papers | papers of Archbishop Randall Davidson, Lambeth Palace Library |
| Dawson papers | papers of Geoffrey Dawson, Bodleian Library Oxford |
| DBE | Dame of the British Empire |
| DCh | The Daily Chronicle |
| D.D. | Doctor of Divinity |
| dept. | department |
| D.L. | Deputy Lieutenant |
| DLI | Durham Light Infantry |
| DLitt | Doctor of Literature |
| dioc. | diocese |
| div. | division |
| DN | The Daily News (London) |
| DNB | Dictionary of National Biography (London) |
| DSO | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
| DT | The Daily Telegraph |
| Ecclesiastical law | Ecclesiastical law: being a reprint of the title ecclesiastical law from Halsbury\\\’s Laws of England (3rd ed., 1955) |
| ECU | English Church Union |
| e.s. | eldest son |
| FBA | Fellow of the British Academy |
| FES | Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae |
| FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| FSA | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries |
| GCIE | Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire |
| GCVO | Knight Grand Cross of Royal Victorian Order |
| (GL) | Gladstonian Liberal |
| HC debs. | House of Commons debates, 5th series |
| HHA | Hatfield House Archives, Hatfield |
| HHH | papers of Herbert Hensley Henson (including the journal), Durham Cathedral Library |
| HL debs. | House of Lords debates, 5th series |
| Hon. | Honour/Honourable |
| Hugh Cecil papers | papers of Lord Hugh Cecil, Lord Quickswood, HHA |
| (Ind. C) | Independent Conservative |
| ICS | Indian Civil Service |
| (Ind. L) | Independent Liberal |
| ILP | Independent Labour Party |
| Inge, Diary | W.R. Inge, Diary of a dean: St Paul’s, 1911-34 (1949) |
| J.P. | Justice of the Peace |
| KBE | Knight of the British Empire |
| KC | King’s Counsel |
| KCB | Knight Commander of the Bath |
| KCIE | Knight Commander Order of the Indian Empire |
| KCMG | Knight Commander of St Michael and St George |
| KCSI | Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
| KCVO | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| KJV | King James Version of the Bible |
| KOSB | King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
| Kt | Knight |
| (L) | Liberal |
| (Lab) | Labour |
| Lang papers | papers of Archbishop Cosmo Lang, Lambeth Palace Library |
| letter | letter to the editor |
| LL.D | Doctor of Laws |
| LPL, MS | manuscript collections in Lambeth Palace Library |
| Lt | Lieutenant |
| Lt-Col | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Lt-Gen. | Lieutenant-General |
| (LU) | Liberal Unionist |
| m. | married |
| Machin, Politics and the churches | G.I.T. Machin, Politics and the churches in Great Britain, 1869 to 1921 (1987) |
| Maj.Gen. | Major General |
| Markham papers | papers of Violet Markham, British Library of Political and Economic Science, London |
| MC | Military Cross |
| MD | Doctor of Medicine |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| (N) | Nationalist |
| (Nat. L) | National Liberal |
| NLS, MS | manuscript collections in the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Norman, Church and society | E.R. Norman, Church and society in England, 1770-1970: a historical study (1976) |
| NRS | National Records of Scotland |
| OBE | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
| obit | obituary |
| ODNB | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| OED | Oxford English Dictionary |
| OM | Order of Merit |
| ord. | ordained |
| (P) | Progressive |
| Parl. debs. | Parliamentary debates, 4th series |
| PC | Privy Counsellor |
| Peart-Binns, Henson | John S. Peart-Binns, Herbert Hensley Henson: a biography (2013) |
| PREM | prime ministers’ office papers, The National Archives, Kew |
| QC | Queen’s Counsel |
| Regt | Regiment |
| Retrospect | Herbert Hensley Henson, Retrospect of an unimportant life (3 vols, 1942-50) |
| Rev’d | revised |
| Revd | Reverend |
| R.A.F. | Royal Air Force |
| R.A.M.C | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| RFA | Royal Field Artillery |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| Rt Revd | Right Reverend |
| RVB | Revised Version of the Bible |
| sec. | secretary |
| Selborne 2 papers | papers of the 2nd earl Selborne, Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| Selborne 3 papers | papers of the 3rd earl Selborne (Lord Wolmer to 1942), Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| SPG | Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. |
| Sq. | Square |
| TCF | Temporary Chaplain to the Forces |
| TD | Territorial Decoration |
| TF | Territorial Force |
| (U) | Unionist |
| (UL) | Unionist Liberal |
| Univ. | University |
| VC | Victoria Cross |
| vols | volumes |
| WAM | Westminster Abbey Muniments |
| WEA | Workers\\\’ Educational Association |
| WG | The Westminster Gazette |
| W. Temple papers | papers of Archbishop William Temple, Lambeth Palace Library |
| y.d. | younger daughter |
| Y.M.C.A. | Young Men\\\’s Christian Association |
| Y.W.C.A | Young Women\\\’s Christian Association |
| York convocation [with year volume] | The York journal of convocation, containing the acts and debates of the convocation of the province of York |
Books of the Bible
| Old Testament | |
| Gen. | Genesis |
| Exod. | Exodus |
| Lev. | Leviticus |
| Num. | Numbers |
| Deut. | Deuteronomy |
| Josh. | Joshua |
| Judg. | Judges |
| Ruth | Ruth |
| 1 Sam. | 1 Samuel |
| 2 Sam. | 2 Samuel |
| 1 Kgs. | 1 Kings |
| 2 Kgs. | 2 Kings |
| 1 Chr. | 1 Chronicles |
| 2 Chr. | 2 Chronicles |
| Ezra | Ezra |
| Neh. | Nehemiah |
| Esther | Esther |
| Job | Job |
| Ps. | Psalms |
| Prov. | Proverbs |
| Eccles. | Ecclesiastes |
| S. of S. | Song of Solomon |
| Isa. | Isaiah |
| Jer. | Jeremiah |
| Lam. | Lamentations |
| Ezek. | Ezekiel |
| Dan. | Daniel |
| Hos. | Hosea |
| Joel | Joel |
| Amos | Amos |
| Obad. | Obadiah |
| Jonah | Jonah |
| Mic. | Micah |
| Nahum | Nahum |
| Hab. | Habakkuk |
| Zeph. | Zephaniah |
| Hag. | Haggai |
| Zech. | Zechariah |
| Mal. | Malachi |
| Apocrypha | |
| 1 Esdr. | 1 Esdras |
| 2 Esdr. | 2 Esdras |
| Tobit | Tobit |
| Judith | Judith |
| Rest of Esth. | Rest of Esther |
| Wisdom | Wisdom |
| Ecclus. | Ecclesiasticus |
| Baruch | Baruch |
| S. of III Ch. | Song of the Three Children |
| Sus. | Susanna |
| Bel & Dr. | Bel and the Dragon |
| Pr. of Man. | Prayer of Manasses |
| 1 Macc. | 1 Maccabees |
| 2 Macc. | 2 Maccabees |
| New Testament | |
| Matt. | Matthew |
| Mark | Mark |
| Luke | Luke |
| John | John |
| Acts | Acts of the Apostles |
| Rom. | Romans |
| 1 Cor. | 1 Corinthians |
| 2 Cor. | 2 Corinthians |
| Gal. | Galatians |
| Eph. | Ephesians |
| Phil. | Philippians |
| Col. | Colossians |
| 1 Thess. | 1 Thessalonians |
| 2 Thess. | 2 Thessalonians |
| 1 Tim. | 1 Timothy |
| 2 Tim. | 2 Timothy |
| Titus | Titus |
| Philem. | Philemon |
| Heb. | Hebrews |
| Jas. | James |
| 1 Pet. | 1 Peter |
| 2 Pet. | 2 Peter |
| 1 John | 1 John |
| 2 John | 2 John |
| 3 John | 3 John |
| Jude | Jude |
| Rev. | Revelation |