Frankpledge

System of joint suretyship common in England throughout the Early and High Middle Ages.

Tithing

English historic legal and administrative unit comprising the men of ten neighbouring households, held responsible for the actions for any one of its members.

Ordinance of Labourers 1349

Largely ineffective royal proclamation intended to address the acute labour shortage in the wake of the Black Death.

Powis Almshouses

Almshouses in Chepstow paid for by a bequest from Thomas Powis in 1716, intended to house six poor men and six poor women.

Women’s Tax Resistance League

Suffragette group active from 1909 until 1918, encouraging woman to protest against their disenfranchisement by refusing to pay taxes.