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| The word Warr for the place name Warwick or Warwickshire has an abbreviation mark at the end. It is not usual to attempt to expand these types of abbreviations, partly because it is not always clear exactly what they should expand to. It was also something of a convention to add abbreviation marks to proper nouns representing people or places, even if no letters are missing. In academic transcripts these are usually indicated with an apostrophe. | |
| Petition to Henry VI of 1441. (London, Natuional Archives, E28/G8/18). All images by permission of the National Archives. | |
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