Esquire (literally, one who bears arms).

Arminians are those who hold the doctrine of general redemption, in opposition to Calvinists (Methodism) who believe that only the elect will be saved.

Henry VII’s eldest son and heir, who died before becoming King.

Liberal MP from 1886. Prime Minister 1908–16. Replaced by Lloyd George, causing what was eventually a disastrous split in the Liberal Party.

Those members of the Liberal party who remained loyal to H.H. Asquith when he was replaced as Prime Minister by Lloyd George in 1916.

Sittings of legislative bodies and their decrees.

Jacobite plot named from Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester (1662–1732).

Labour MP from 1922. Leader of the party 1935–55. Prime Minister in the Labour government 1945–51.

Religious order developed in the eleventh century; followers of ‘the rule of St Augustine’. Regular canons, as opposed to monks who lived the monastic life for its own sake, were essentially secular clergy attached to a church who chose, in addition, to live according to the monastic rule.

Patronage and right of presentation to a benefice.