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what does allotment means

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it is a small plot of land often used for growing vegetables

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what is the definition of accession

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taking the throne as a king or queen

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what is the definition of alms

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money or gifts such as food for the poor

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what is the definition of almshouse

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a place made to house poor people

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what is the definition of apprenticeship

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a period of training usually seven years

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what is the definition of armada

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a large fleet of ships from Spain

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what is the definition of artistic licence

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the rights of writers, painters, poets to portray people and events in ways that are not strictly accurate

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what is the definition of astrology

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the study of stars to foretell the future

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what is the definition of baiting

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provoking or attacking

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what is the definition of churchwarden

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a person who helped the priest run a local church

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what is the definition of colonisation

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taking land from people

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what is the definition of colony

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land taken and ruled by a foreign power

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what is the definition of commission

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paying someone to do or make something

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what is the definition of courtier

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a member of the court

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what is the definition of excommunicate

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the expulsion from the Roman Catholic Church

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what is the definition of gentry

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land owning people in Tudor society, usually used to describe people who did not have titles

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what is the definition of Jesuit

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a member of the society of Jesus, an organisation of deeply committed catholics

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what is the definition of JP (justices of peace)

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a person responsible for many aspects of local government in Tudor society

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what is the definition of pagan

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believing in many gods and spirits but not the Christian god

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what is the definition of papist

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a name used by Protestants for catholics e.g. followers of the pope

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what is the definition of parish register

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the record of births, marriages and deaths in a local church

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what is the definition of pillory

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wooden blocks that held prisoners by their head and hands

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what is the definition of poor laws

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laws that set out how poor people were to be treated in Tudor times

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what is the definition of poor relief

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a local tax to provide for the needs of the poor

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what is the definition of privy chamber
the small group of advisers closest to the queen
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what is the definition of quarter sessions
trials of local crimes held every three months by a JP
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what is the definition of a rack
a machine used to torture people by stretching their bodies
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what is the definition of recusants
catholics who refused to attend protestant church services in Elizabeth's reign
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what is the definition of recusancy
deliberate non-attendance at church in Elizabeths time
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what is the definition of sabbat
a festival held by a meeting of witches
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what is the definition of sabbath
a weekly holy day e.g. Sunday for christians
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what is the definition of secretary of state
the queens leading adviser
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what is the definition of supremacy
being the most important e.g. the act of supremacy said Elizabeth was the head of the English state and its church
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what is the definition of uniformity
being the same e.g. the act of uniformity made everyone worship the same way in Elizabeths reign
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what is the definition of vagrant
a poor person who roams around the countryside looking for work
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what is the definition of vagabond
this is the same as a vagrant
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what is the definition of yeoman
a fairly wealthy farmer
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what is the definition of succession
the arrangement of who should take over following the end of a king or queens reign
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what is the definition of successor
a person who takes over from another e.g. king or queen
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what is the definition of probate inventory
the list of a persons belongings made after a person has died
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what is the definition of puritan
a particularly committed protestant christian

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