Language of the Wars of the Roses Flashcards
A formal contract on which copies were made on one sheet of parchment and divided with indented edges for each contracting party to keep.
Indenture
The collective name for the servants, retainers, and other followers of a lord.
Affinity
An act to overturn decision and grants previously made, returning them to their original owner (usually the Crown).
Act of Resumption
The concept of the common good in society, from which all benefit.
Common weal
The process of stripping a person of all rights, including inheritance and property holding.
Act of Attainder
The medieval term used for an individual living in or visiting England who was not born there.
Alien
An attendant on the King’s person who had frequent and intimate contact with the King.
Knight of the Body
A term for a powerful noble with great wealth.
Magnate
The distinctive clothing, uniform or badge worn by a lord’s retainer.
Livery
Associations of craftsmen or merchants of the same craft or trade.
Guilds
A person in the service of a lord who is ‘retained’ whether by annual payment or another contract.
Retainer
The power and ability to grant offices, lands and other gifts.
Patronage
A formal written request appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
Petition
Control and use of the lands of a person who is under age, and guardianship of the person, including the right to arrange their marriage.
Wardship
A public declaration of policy and aims.
Manifesto
A situation where a person is seen to take sides with a likeminded supporter, usually at the cost of others.
Partisan
A regular payment made to an individual, typically as a reward.
Pension
A position of authority or public service, including in the Church, in law or in the royal household.
Office
The period when an heir is considered too young to exercise all their rights, ending when they reach adulthood.
Minority
A title accorded to men of the landed gentry above the rank of gentleman and below the rank of knight.
Esquire
A commision empowering included individuals to raise armed forces and equip them in preparation for War.
Array
Those who lived with their lord (or King) including servants and military dependents. They travelled with their lord.
Household
A commision to make inquiry into all treasons, felonies and misdemeanours in the counties specified in the commission, and to act on them.
Oyer and Terminer
A written law, passed by Parliament and consented to by the King.
Statute (Act)
