| A | B |
|---|
| Common Law | The unwritten law of England |
| Statute | Act of Parliament |
| Court of Star Chamber | The Privy Council sitting as a court |
| Royal powers | Prerogatives |
| Extraordinary revenue | Taxes granted by Parliament |
| Undeserving Poor | Rogues, vagabonds and beggars |
| Deserving Poor | Those incapable of work |
| Henry VIII | Elizabeth's father |
| Anne Boleyn | Elizabeth's mother |
| Veto | Monarch's right to prevent a Bill becoming an Act |
| Peerage | Nobility |
| Quarter Sessions | Held in each county 4 times a year |
| Assizes | Held twice a year in each county town |
| Lord Lieutenant | Appointed for each county |
| Justice of the Peace | A key figure in local government |
| Hundred | One of the divisions in each county |
| Parish | The smallest division in each county |
| Overseer of the Poor | Appointed in each parish after 1598 |
| Whipping and ear-boring | Punishments for vagrants |
| Privy Council | Sent instructions and orders to each county |
| Parliament | Not a part of the government in the C16th |
| Secretary of State | Monarch's principal adviser |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ran the Household |
| Tillage | Land that is ploughed |
| Subsidy | Tax on a person's wealth |
| Tenths and Fifteenths | Tax on a person's property |
| Enclosure | Created larger, more productive units of farming |
| Recusants | Roman Catholics who refused to attend Church of England services |
| The gentry | The class below the aristocracy |
| Patronage | The disposal of jobs and offices to gain supporters |
| Spanish Armada | Defeated in 1588 |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Executed in 1587 |
| Lord Chancellor | Responsible for running the law courts |
