It is suggested that the first letter of each code should be the same as the first letter of the dedication to which the code refers. Whenever possible it is appropriate for the other two letters of the code to be taken from the dedication, but with the dedications starting MA, and a few others, this is not possible. The method which I have adopted is to create a list of dedications from the first starting with M to the last starting with M, and to allocate codes to each grouped under the first letter, then under the first letter, then under the third letter, thus

MABENA	MAB
MACCAILLE	MAC
MACCEUS or MAHEW	MAE
MACHALUS	MAG

and for the successive dedications to:

MACHUTUS

MAT

Note that alternate third letters, or thereabouts, are left for possible additions. Then on to:

MADDERN

MBA

up to

MARCELLINA

MBX

The next batch is for six dedications under MARGARET (plus six cross-references starting with See also ALL SAINTS & MARGARET) and ending with MARGARET PATTENS, for which the code is MCP. Next there is the unique MARINERS' CHURCH with code MCQ, followed by MARK, with code MDA. I decided to provide a further code, for MARK THE EVANGELIST, at MDE. Whether there is any mnemonic advantage in having the a of MDA and the E in MDE is a moot point, but there is no great disadvantage. For MARTIN OF TOURS I allocated MDR, and other dedications starting with MARTIN take us up to MARTIN POMARY, encoded MEG. There is MEJ for MARTYRS, and MEL for MARVENNA, which brings us to MER, a reasonably mnemonic code for MARY.

This is followed by a long series of double dedications, beginning with MARY & ALBAN, for which the code is MET, and ending with MARY & WALSTAN, for which the code is MIJ. So far I have found forty-five double dedications starting with MARY, and I suspect there may be many more, I have left forty-four gaps, such as MEU between MARY & ALBAN and MARY & ALKELD, for codes not yet used, which I hope will provide for enough extra codes. There is no obvious relation between the letters used for the second and third code letters, and those in the respective dedications, but I have not found any easy way of providing this.

The next batch of dedications starting with MARY begins with MARY at AXE, for which the code is MJA, and the last is MARY the VIRGIN & MARY MAGDALENE (double dedication) for which the code is MKU. Again there is no obvious relation between the letters of the codes and of the dedications, but there are twenty-two entries in this batch, and as many gaps for unused codes in the same way as for the previous batch.

A final batch begins with MARY, and is distinguished by a following comma, unlike any of the foregoing dedications. They are double, triple or, in one case, quadruple dedications, ending with MARY, URSULA & the ELEVEN THOUSAND VIRGINS, for which the code is MLN. This is followed by MARY MAGDALENE with code MLP. The last dedications beginning with MA start with MATTHEW with code MMA and end with MAZOTA with code MMZ. Then we turn to dedications beginning with M followed by other letters, starting with MEADHRAN, but I will not go into details of these.

Limiting the statistical survey of this study, the present count of entries starting with the name MARY totals eighty-four, which includes sixteen lines of See also references, mostly of double dedications such as CHRIST & MARY, though also of festivals associated with MARY such as THE ANNUNCIATION. More numerous are those entries in which the name of MARY precedes another name or title, such as MARY & ALBAN or MARY & ALL SAINTS, totalling forty-five.

As previously indicated, I am not entirely satisfied with the methods which I have adopted for providing codes when there are sequences of dedications starting with the same letters or words, of which MARY is the most difficult, and should appreciate suggestions for alternative methods.