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Outdated medical term for any infection characterised by a seed-like rash.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