| abroad | away from home, out of the house |
| ale | ale-house, tavern |
| ale-wife | ale-house keeper, barmaid |
| bawdy-house | brothel |
| bay | living area divided off within a house, gable-end |
| brew-house | outhouse used for brewing liquor |
| bridehouse | house where a wedding is held |
| Bucklersbury | East End street with aromatic herb shops, near Mansion House, London |
| butchery | slaughter-house |
| by | at the house of |
| charge-house | school, college |
| charnel-house, charnel house | bone-store, burial vault |
| common house | brothel |
| correctioner | one from the House of Correction [the Bridewell] |
| court of guard | guard-house, guard-room |
| dame | mistress of a household, lady of the house |
| door | out of doors, out of the house |
| evil | [unclear meaning] hovel; privy; brothel |
| garden-house | small building in a garden [often used for lovers' assignations] |
| grange | country house, farmhouse |
| hold-door | brothel door-keeping |
| hot-house | brothel; bath-house |
| house | ancestry, lineage, family |
| house | inn, tavern |
| house | pursue into a house, drive into a house |
| house | brothel, whorehouse |
| house | household, family |
| house | school of instruction, training school |
| house | housing, sheath, place of rest |
| house | [astrology] heavenly domain [one of twelve divisions of the zodiac] |
| house-clog | prison-restraint, shackle, fetter |
| household | family, house, dynasty |
| household | throughout the house |
| household | domesticated, house-trained |
| ill-inhabited | badly housed, poorly accommodated |
| kennel | go outside to the dog-house |
| Kimbolton | manor house in Cambridgshire, where Katherine of Aragon was imprisoned |
| Kymmalton | manor house in Kimbolton, Cambridgshire, where Catherine of Aragon was imprisoned |
| leaping-house | brothel, whorehouse |
| manor | country house, mansion, estate |
| martlet | house-martin [which often builds its nest in churches] |
| picked-hatch | spiked half-door; house of ill-repute, brothel |
| Plantagenet | [pron: plan'tajinit] name of an English royal dynasty, which ruled from the accession of Henry II (1154) to the death of Richard III (1485); from Latin planta genista 'sprig of bloom', worn as a crest by Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, the father of Henry II, from whom the house is also called the Anjou or Angevin dynasty |
| quarter day | [day marking a quarter of the year, when house tenancies would change] removal day |
| race | family, house, dynasty |
| red-lattice | [sign of a] tavern, ale-house |
| Saint George's Field | area of Southwark, London, well known for its brothels |
| shambles | meat-market, slaughter-house |
| spital-house | hospital inmates |
| stew | brothel, house of ill-repute |
| Strachy | [unknown meaning] possibly a local house or institution |
| taphouse | ale-house, tavern |
| tiring-house | dressing-room, theatrical green room |
| treasury | treasure-house |
| Winchester goose | [contemptuous] groin swelling caused by venereal disease [one Bishop of Winchester licensed brothels in London] |
| working-house | workhouse, place of industry |