Tree of Jesse
Artistic depiction of Jesus’s family tree, establishing him as a descendent of King David, and therefore the rightful Messiah.
Artistic depiction of Jesus’s family tree, establishing him as a descendent of King David, and therefore the rightful Messiah.
19th-century movement in support of the closure of shops on Saturday afternoons.
Organisation tasked with monitoring the planning and development of listed structures.
Probably the youngest female to be legally executed in England, in 1546.
Enclosure in which stray domestic animals, cattle, sheep, pigs, geese were kept until their owners paid a fine to collect them.
Awarded to women imprisoned in Holloway for militant suffragette activity, by the Women’s Social and Political Union.
Awarded by the Women’s Social and Political Union to those suffragettes who had gone on hunger strike during their imprisonment.
Outdated medical term for any infection characterised by a seed-like rash.
Redirected to Act of Uniformity 1558.
Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds is a procedural device allowing members of parliament to resign before a general election.