CCED: Codes

Certainty Codes

1	As reliable evidence as we can obtain that an event occurred.
1B	Reliable but chronologically removed record of event occuring.
2	Evidence that make it extremely likely that the event occurred, although there are cases where we know it did not.
3	Evidence that the event was expected to occur, but where it was still possible for another bishop to veto the application.
4	Evidence that the person concerned sought to be ordained, with or without success.
5	Indirect evidence that the event either had occurred or was believed to have occurred by contemporaries.

Date Codes

1	Gives actual date of event.
1B	Gives actual date, but with additional opportunity for scribal error.
2	Provides a date that might be the actual date, but could be a few days before or after.
3	Provides a date likely to be some time before or after the event occurred.
4	Will provide date(s) of a period covering quite a long time before or after the event.
5	Give no assistance in determining the date of the event other than that it was before or after the date given.