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- 1Oath of SupremacyRequired people to swear allegiance to the monarch as head of the Church of England.
- 2Act of Uniformity 1559Everyone had to attend a Protestant service on a Sunday otherwise they would be fined.
- 3Act of Supremacy 1559Reintroduction of the Oath of Supremacy during the rule of Queen Elizabeth I.
- 4Vagabond (Vagrant)People who left their home villages in search of employment elsewhere.
- 5Vagrancy Act 1547Any healthy and fit vagabond who had not worked for three days was branded with the letter V, then sold into slavery for two years.
- 6Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597Severe punishment to deter criminal practices of vagabonds.
- 7Poor ReliefFinancial assistance provided by local parishes to people who were unable to work.
- 8Overseers of the PoorPeople in each parish who collected to poor rate tax.
- 9Import DutiesTaxes put on goods that were coming into the country.
- 10ReformationA 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Church ending in the establishment of the Protestant Church.
- 11HereticsOne who is guilty of heresy (belief or opinion contrary to orthodox doctrine).
- 12RecantPublic declaration of a change in religious belief.
- 13PuritanA group of Protestants who were excessively strict regarding religious and moral matters (e.g. Oliver Cromwell).
- 14SuperstitionBased on belief in old ideas of magic rather than reason or science.
- 15DemonologieA book written by King James I in 1597 that illustrated the nature of Hell.
- 16EnlightenmentIntellectual and philosophical movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasising reason and analysis regarding ideas and the way the world works.
- 17GatehouseA building forming a gateway to the entrance of the town with a number of rooms. Utilised as a prison.
- 18The 'Bloody Code'The name given to a series of cruel laws that were introduced from 1500-1750 that carried the death penalty with them.
- 19Capital CrimesTypes of crimes that carried the death penalty.
- 20PardonedWhen someone did not receive punishment for a crime they committed.
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