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6. Having enough income to meet all expenses.
7. The most powerful noble families
9. Bishops were able to earn a substantial income from the land and other sources of revenue that went with a bishopric.
10. To meet the needs of the country.
12. A bond was a lump sum of money which was owed to the king If the condition (usually good behaviour) was not observed.

1. An alliance of powerful courtiers who shared a common interests.
2. Small scale farmers who had the right to farm land.
3. Is the mechanism of government, in other words the institutions that enabled the king to govern the realm.
4. People who challenged the ideas or doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church.
5. A ban on the export of English wool or woollen cloth to any Burgundian port.
8. The forefront of the army
11. The loss of rights when a man was convicted by parliament of treason or any other serious crime. It applied to a man's heirs too and meant the loss of the family estate.