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1
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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

18
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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

19
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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

20
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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

21
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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

22
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what is the definition of pillory

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wooden blocks that held prisoners by their head and hands

23
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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

24
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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

25
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what is the definition of privy chamber

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the small group of advisers closest to the queen

26
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what is the definition of quarter sessions

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trials of local crimes held every three months by a JP

27
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what is the definition of a rack

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a machine used to torture people by stretching their bodies

28
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what is the definition of recusants

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catholics who refused to attend protestant church services in Elizabeth’s reign

29
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what is the definition of recusancy

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deliberate non-attendance at church in Elizabeths time

30
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what is the definition of sabbat

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a festival held by a meeting of witches

31
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what is the definition of sabbath

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a weekly holy day e.g. Sunday for christians

32
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what is the definition of secretary of state

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the queens leading adviser

33
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what is the definition of supremacy

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being the most important e.g. the act of supremacy said Elizabeth was the head of the English state and its church

34
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what is the definition of uniformity

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being the same e.g. the act of uniformity made everyone worship the same way in Elizabeths reign

35
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what is the definition of vagrant

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a poor person who roams around the countryside looking for work

36
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what is the definition of vagabond

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this is the same as a vagrant

37
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what is the definition of yeoman

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a fairly wealthy farmer

38
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what is the definition of succession

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the arrangement of who should take over following the end of a king or queens reign

39
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what is the definition of successor

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a person who takes over from another e.g. king or queen

40
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what is the definition of probate inventory

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the list of a persons belongings made after a person has died

41
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what is the definition of puritan

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a particularly committed protestant christian

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