Five Members
Five members of parliament whom King Charles tried to have arrested in the House of Commons on 4 January 1642.
Barque of St Peter
Ancient Christian symbol for the Church.
Gin Craze
Period during the first half of 18th-century Great Britain when the consumption of gin increased rapidly, leading to an epidemic of extreme drunkenness.
Margaret Clap
Owner with her husband of a notorious molly house in 18th-century London.
Newgate novel
Early form of sensation literature, drawing its inspiration from the Newgate Calendar, first published in 1773 and containing biographies of famous criminals.
Whipping Tom
Name given to two sex offenders, one in London and the other in the nearby village of Hackney, active in 1681 and 1712 respectively.
Sponging house
A sponging house was a place of temporary confinement for those arrested for non-payment of a debt.
Eastbourne manslaughter
1860 legal case concerning the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley.
Henry Garnet
English Jesuit priest executed for his complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Guy Fawkes
Member of the group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.