| PRUSSIA | The House of Hohenzollern's land |
| BOSWORTH | The 1485 will of Thomas Longe, from Ashwellthorpe, makes him the first named common soldier who fought for the House of York in the 1485 Battle of ... Field (8) |
| KEYS | The House of ___ , the lower elected house of the Isle of Man parliament (4) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American poet and short story writer whose tales included The Fall Of The House Of Usher and The Pit And The Pendulum (5,5,3) |
| HENRYIV | Son of John of Gaunt known as Bolingbroke; the first of three monarchs from the House of Lancaster (5,1,1) |
| WOOLSACK | The seat of the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords (8) |
| HANSARD | Official edited verbatim report of proceedings in the House of Commons or the House of Lords |
| UPPER | - House; a name for the House of Lords illustrating that it is one of two parts of the UK Parliament (5) |
| CATESBY | Robert ......., leader of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, whose head was later stuck on the roof of the House of Commons (7) |
| GEORGEV | Following his official renouncement of the name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1917, the first monarch of the House of Windsor (6,1) |
| SEVERUS | First name of the head of the house of Slytherin in the Harry Potter books (7) |
| PEER | Member of the House of Lords whose predecessors some 1,000 years ago were drawn together in the form of the Witan to advise Saxon kings (4) |
| ABIATHAR | In the Old Testament, the last of the house of '28' and the only priest to escape from Saul's massacre |
| USHER | Lady/Gentleman - of the Black Rod; full title of a senior officer responsible for controlling access to and maintaining order in the House of Lords (5) |
| ALLANPOE | US author whose works include The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher (5,5,3) |
| EDGAR | US author whose works include The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher (5,5,3) |
| ALLENDE | Peruvian-born Chilean author of novels including The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows and Eva Luna (7) |
| PHILIPPS | Wogan ___, the only member of the Communist Party to have sat in the House of Lords (8) |
| WHITEROSE | Emblem of the House of York later adopted as the symbol of Yorkshire (5,4) |
| WHARTON | Edith ?, author of novels The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth |
