Voortrekkers.
The name given to the Boers who took part in the Great Trek of 1836-7.
Vote of Non-Addresses.
A resolution of the Long Parliament, passed on January 15, 1648, refusing, in view of the duplicity shown by Charles in the negotiations at Carisbrook, to receive any message from, or make any application to, the King.
Vowel’s Plot.
A Royalist conspiracy to assassinate the Protector on his way to Hampton Court in 1654.
Vox in Excelso, Bull.
A bull of Clement V, issued in 1312, suppressing the Order of the Knights Templars.