2. Food
• People kept animals all year round and would
kill them just before they needed to be eaten.
This meant that the meat was always fresh.
• Fish was eaten by people living near rivers and
the sea. The fresh water fish included eels,
pike, perch, trout, sturgeon, roach, and
salmon.
3. Home
• Tudor houses are known for their 'black-and-
white' effect.
• Most ordinary homes in Tudor times were half
timbered - they had wooden frames and the
spaces between were filled with small sticks
and wet clay called wattle and daub.
4. Henry VIII
Henry VIII was born at Greenwich on 28
June 1491, the second son of Henry VII
and Elizabeth of York. He became heir to
the throne on the death of his elder
brother, Prince Arthur, in 1502 and
succeeded in 1509.
In his youth he was athletic and highly
intelligent. A contemporary observer
described him thus: 'he speaks good
French, Latin and Spanish; is very
religious; heard three masses daily when
he hunted ... He is extremely fond of
hunting, and never takes that diversion
without tiring eight or ten horses ... He is
also fond of tennis.'
