Act of Parliament introduced to curb excessive Protestant reform and to impose religious conformity.
Act of Supremacy 1534
Act of Parliament acknowledging King Henry VIII as the supreme leader of the Church of England.
Act of Uniformity 1558
One of the Acts of Parliament collectively known as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. It introduced a Common Book of Prayer, and obliged everyone to attend their parish church every Sunday and on holy days. Those who refused were known as recusants.
Adder stone
Redirected to hagstone.
Adelaide Claxton
English painter and illustrator who developed a popular line in ghost paintings during the 1870s. Later in her life she turned her attention to corrective garments such as Claxton's Ear Caps.
Adele Meyer
Adele Meyer, Lady Meyer, (1862/3–1930) was an English socialite, social reformer, philanthopist and suffragist.
Aepyornis Island
Short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894, which can be read as a Robinsonade, a parable on the theme of loneliness, or simply a ripping yarn in the manner of Rudyard Kipling.
Aero 3S
The Aero 3s is a re-bodied and more aerodynamic version of the Campagna T-Rex, introduced by Anibal Automotive Design of Canada in 2006.
Agnes Sampson
Scottish midwife, cunning woman and healer; central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Agnes Samuel
Redirected to Witches of Warboys.
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