I agree, some of it looks like secret code. Apart from
act bk, here's another that has stumped me; the bit in
red.P. H. Hembry, Bps. Bath and Wells, 1540-1640, p. 44; Wells act bk. 2, p. 541;
3, ff. 16, 20; The semicolon seems to indicate another in the list of references but then
ff. usually means 'and the following pages'. I'm wondering if it means, 'act book 3, pages 16 & 20'?
