Across
- 1. Charitable gift of money or goods to the poor and needy.
- 3. Common name for a member of the Dominican Order, derived from the colour of their habit.
- 4. High King in Gaelic
- 5. Sloping exterior surface at the base of all walls and towers.
- 6. Officer of the royal household. Responsible for the chamber.
- 9. Common name for a member of the Benedictine Order.
- 12. Monastic community of either monks or nuns.
- 15. Documents granting liberty to a serf by his lord.
- 16. Volume. A dry measure of 8 gallons, or 4 pecks.
- 17. Night of April 30. Sometimes called May Day Eve
- 19. Earthen burial mound. Several different shapes and designs were used.
- 21. Castle built without the liege lord's approval.
- 22. Right to present a clergyman to a vacant benefice.
- 23. Financial penalty inflicted at the MERCY of the King or his justices for various minor offences.
- 27. Common name for Augustinian Canons
- 28. Large war engine for throwing stones.
- 29. Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice.
- 32. A right belonging to a property.
- 33. Narrow vertical slit cut into a wall through which arrows could be fired from inside
- 34. Middle ranking peasant.
- 36. King's power to command and prohibit under pain of punishment or death.
- 37. The church of the diocese where a Bishop has his throne.
- 43. Officer of the Royal Household who served as the monarch's secretary or notary.
- 44. The holder of land or house within a borough.
- 46. Narrow wall, consisting of Merlons alternating with Embrasures.
- 47. The land area that can be ploughed by one ox team in a day
- 48. Fees which a feudal lord imposes on his serfs for the use of his mill, oven, wine press, or similar facilities.
- 50. Meeting of feudal vassals with the King.
- 51. Dane law term.
- 53. Name given to the border lands between Scotland and England.
- 54. A measure of land.
- 55. The opening in a wall in which the waste from one or more Garderobes was collected.
- 57. Poetic name for Britain or England.
- 58. Type of siege engine.
Down
- 1. A condemnation of heretics, similar in effect to major excommunication.
- 2. Low defensive wall or earthwork.
- 7. Religious/Monastic rules based on Love of God and Neighbour.
- 8. Monastic who shaved faces/heads and performed light surgery.
- 10. Towers or outworks defending a gateway.
- 11. The term used to describe one who left religious orders after making solemn profession.
- 13. Enclosed defensive castle courtyard or Ward.
- 14. Monastic order founded by St. Benedictine.
- 18. Measure of land roughly equal to a modern acre.
- 20. Temporary protection of fugitives from pursuit.
- 24. Flat space between the base of the curtain wall and the inner edge of the moat.
- 25. Bailiff's area of authority.
- 26. Weight
- 30. An ancient Gaelic legal system.
- 31. Welsh political and administrative division, similar to English shires.
- 32. The renunciation, under oath, of heresy to the Christian faith
- 34. Town with the right of self government granted by royal charter.
- 35. Heavy pole with iron head used by besiegers to attack the base of a wall.
- 38. To turn woodlands into crop land.
- 39. Accommodation for the needy. Also known as the Poorhouse.
- 40. A law or body of laws of a church.
- 41. Grant of land given to a member of the aristocracy, a Bishop, or a monastery.
- 42. Projection from a wall to give additional support.
- 45. Defensive projection from the main wall or fortress, either a platform or a small tower.
- 48. Lord's overseer or steward.
- 49. Privilege enjoyed by members of the clergy
- 52. Mythical island paradise in the western seas where the body of King Arthur was taken.
- 54. Vassal who held land directly from the Crown and served as a member of the King's great council.
- 56. Minstrel or poet who glorified the virtues of the people and chieftains.