| A | B |
| Reformation | the period in the 16th century when criticism of the Catholic Church led to the setting up of the Protestant Churchant |
| Papal Bull | an order which comes directly from the Pope |
| Exile | being sent away from your home town or country |
| Privy Council | a group of political advisors chosen by and for the monarch |
| Levellers | A group of people led by John Lilburne, who said that true power lay with the people |
| Barber-surgeons | Elizabethan Surgeons who also cut hair |
| Protestants | believed in a pure and simple church |
| Recusants | people who refused to go to church. They were fined one shilling. |