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Margery Jackson, the Glossary

Margery Jackson (January 1722 – 10 February 1812) was a British landlady in Carlisle, Cumberland.^[1]

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Abigail

Abigail was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel). Abigail was David's third wife, after Ahinoam and Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish, when David went into hiding.

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Annuity

In investment, an annuity is a series of payments made at equal intervals.

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Armathwaite Nunnery

Armathwaite Nunnery was a Benedictine nunnery in Cumbria, England.

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Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore

Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore, PC (Ire) KC (28 May 1736 – 19 August 1805), was an Irish judge and politician, who gave his name to Yelverton's Act 1782, which effectively repealed Poynings' Law and thus restored the independence of the Parliament of Ireland.

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Bay (horse)

Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish-brown or brown body color with a black point coloration on the mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs.

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Bishop of Carlisle

The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.

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Botcherby

Botcherby is a former village in Cumbria, England, now considered a suburb of the city of Carlisle.

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Box pew

A box pew is a type of church pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England and other Protestant countries from the 16th to early 19th centuries.

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Brandy

Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine.

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Caricature

A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon).

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Carlisle

Carlisle (from Caer Luel) is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England.

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Carriage

A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers.

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Chaplain

A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence agency, embassy, school, labor union, business, police department, fire department, university, sports club), or a private chapel.

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Church Mission Society

The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British Anglican mission society working with Christians around the world.

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Cloth merchant

In the Middle Ages or 16th and 17th centuries, a cloth merchant was one who owned or ran a cloth (often wool) manufacturing or wholesale import or export business.

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Costs in English law

In English civil litigation, costs are the lawyers' fees and disbursements of the parties.

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Court of Chancery

The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the common law.

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Di Penates

In ancient Roman religion, the Di Penates or Penates were among the dii familiares, or household deities, invoked most often in domestic rituals.

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Draper

Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing.

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Eccentricity (behavior)

Eccentricity (also called quirkiness) is an unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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Fireplace

A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire.

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Freedom of the City

The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.

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French invasion of Egypt and Syria

The French invasion of Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was an invasion and occupation of the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, by forces of the French First Republic led by Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Friendly society

A friendly society (sometimes called a benefit society, mutual aid society, benevolent society, fraternal organization or ROSCA) is a mutual association for the purposes of insurance, pensions, savings or cooperative banking.

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Galliformes

Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.

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Ghost

In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living.

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Guinea (coin)

The guinea (commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold.

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Hairpin

A hairpin or hair pin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place.

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Hand fan

A handheld fan, or simply hand fan, is a broad, flat surface that is waved back-and-forth to create an airflow.

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Holborn

Holborn, an area in central London, covers the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part (St Andrew Holborn Below the Bars) of the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.

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Hoop skirt

A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a women's undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Jacobite rising of 1745

The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.

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John Aglionby (divine)

John Aglionby (1566 – 6 February 1610) was an English clergyman and academic who was one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Knock, knock, ginger

Knock, knock, ginger (also known as ding, dong, ditch and ring and run in the United States) is a prank or game dating back to 19th-century England, or possibly the earlier Cornish traditional holiday of Nickanan Night.

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Landlord

A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a lessee or renter).

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Legatee

A legatee, in the law of wills, is any individual or organization bequeathed any portion of a testator's estate.

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List of mayors of Carlisle

The role of Mayor of Carlisle dates from 1231.

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Mantua (clothing)

A mantua (from the French manteuil or 'mantle') is an article of women's clothing worn in the late 17th century and 18th century.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries.

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Misanthropy

Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, or distrust of the human species, human behavior, or human nature.

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Miser

A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions. Margery Jackson and miser are misers.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Nightgown

A nightgown, nightie or nightdress is a loosely hanging item of nightwear, and is commonly worn by women and girls.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.

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Palladium (classical antiquity)

In Greek and Roman mythology, the Palladium or Palladion (Greek Παλλάδιον (Palladion), Latin Palladium) was a cult image of great antiquity on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend, the wooden statue (xoanon) of Pallas Athena that Odysseus and Diomedes stole from the citadel of Troy and which was later taken to the future site of Rome by Aeneas.

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Parlour

A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space.

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Pauperism

Pauperism is poverty or generally the state of being poor, or particularly the condition of being a "pauper", i.e. receiving relief administered under the English Poor Laws.

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Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.

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Port wine

Port wine (vinho do Porto), or simply port, is a Portuguese fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Querulant

In the legal profession and courts, a querulant (from the Latin querulus - "complaining") is a person who obsessively feels wronged, particularly about minor causes of action.

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Ribbon

A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying.

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Robert Anderson (poet)

Robert Anderson (1770–1833), was an English labouring class poet from Carlisle.

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Roundhead

Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).

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Ruffle (sewing)

In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming.

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Shoe buckle

Shoe buckles are fashion accessories worn by men and women from the mid-17th century through the 18th century to the 19th century.

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Siege of Carlisle (1644)

The siege of Carlisle occurred during the First English Civil War when the allied forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held at the time by the English Royalist forces loyal to King Charles I. The siege took place in Carlisle, Cumbria from October 1644 to 25 June 1645.

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Spinster

Spinster is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry.

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Stafford

Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England.

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Stanwix

Stanwix is a district of Carlisle, Cumbria in North West England.

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Stomacher

A stomacher is a decorated triangular panel that fills in the front opening of a woman's gown or bodice.

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Subscription business model

The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service.

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Tabitha

Tabitha is an English feminine given name, originating with (or made popular through) Tabitha, mentioned in the New Testament Acts 9:36.

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Tied cottage

In the United Kingdom, a tied cottage is typically a dwelling owned by an employer that is rented to an employee: if the employee leaves their job they may have to vacate the property; in this way the employee is tied to their employer.

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Tory

A Tory is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain.

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Townhouse (Great Britain)

In British usage, the term townhouse originally referred to the opulent town or city residence (in practice normally in Westminster near the seat of the monarch) of a member of the nobility or gentry, as opposed to their country seat, generally known as a country house or, colloquially, for the larger ones, stately home.

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The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Jackson

Also known as Carlisle Miser.

, Old Testament, Palladium (classical antiquity), Parlour, Pauperism, Peat, Port wine, Quakers, Querulant, Ribbon, Robert Anderson (poet), Roundhead, Ruffle (sewing), Shoe buckle, Siege of Carlisle (1644), Spinster, Stafford, Stanwix, Stomacher, Subscription business model, Tabitha, Tied cottage, Tory, Townhouse (Great Britain), Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Twine, Viscount Avonmore, Westmorland, William Nicolson, Windsor, Berkshire, 42nd Regiment of Foot.

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British landlords

Litigators

Misers

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