The aim in preparing this edition has been to provide an accessible edition of the second part of William Porlond's Brewers’ Book.

Passages in Latin are indicated [Latin] and have been calendared. In this part of the book Latin was used only occasionally for margin notes or side headings.

The names of London parishes and streets have been modernised, for ease of identification.

Place names have been modernised unless they are obscure or unusual, as in ‘Flanndrissh tile’. Where dwelling places or names of brewhouses were given, the entry ‘atte Lamb’ has been translated as ‘at the Lamb’.

First names have been modernised, unless they are unusual, or have no modern equivalent, such as Weveyne.

Surnames have been left as written, with a Head Word in the Indexes and the variations shown.

Money has been converted from Roman numerals to Arabic, i.e. xijd. to 12d.

The accounting has been left as Porlond recorded it, without the addition of corrections. Frequently the amounts are correct. Sometimes, however, there must have been more information, known to the clerk, but now lost.

Round brackets ( ) show a repeated or unnecessary word in the manuscript.

Square brackets [ ] indicate an editorial insertion.

Regnal dates are taken from C. R. Cheyney (ed.), A Handbook of Dates for Students of English History, revised by Michael Jones (Cambridge, 2000). Dates falling within 1 January–24 March have been silently modernised.