| abundant | Plentiful. |
| bailiff | A law officer who helps a sheriff or takes someone's property in payment for a debt. |
| betrayed | Reveal information about someone or something that gets them into trouble. |
| boundaries | A line that marks the limit of a piece of land. |
| bounty | Generous. |
| burgess | A freeman of the borough. |
| commodity | An item that can be bought or sold. |
| commutes | To alter a punishment to something less severe. |
| complexion | The natural colour or appearance of the skin. |
| crayers | Boats that fish for crayfish. |
| dedicated | Named in memory for a particular saint or person |
| dispute | An argument about something. |
| dissolution | Formerly ending something, in this case the monastery was closed down. |
| drifters | A boat used for drift-net fishing. |
| embellished | Something that has been given lots of detail, very ornate. |
| evaporation | To change or cause change from a liquid to a solid state. |
| Justice Itinerant | A person responsible for the law who moves from place to place. |
| keelman | A man who worked on a flat bottom boat used to transport coal. |
| kippers | A herring fish that has been cleaned, salted and smoked. |
| martyr | A person who suffers death rather that give up their faith or beliefs. |
| merchandise | Goods for sale. |
| monastery | The house of a religious community. |
| Napoleonic Wars | A series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815. |
| prospers | To thrive or succeed. |
| protection | To keep safe from harm. |
| rendezvous | A meeting. |
| seditious | To encourage people to rebel. |
| shanty-man | A man who sang sailor's songs. |
| shipwright | Someone skilled at making ships. |
| shrine | A sacred place. |
| swarthiest | Dark skin colour. |
| treachery | To betray someone deliberately. |
| victualling | Supplying with spirits. |