Rich and Poor during Tudor times
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Rich and poor people in Tudor England lived very different lives. The rich lived in large brick houses with many rooms and servants, eating meat, fish and fine clothing. The poor lived in small thatched cottages with few possessions and amenities, subsisting on vegetable soup, bread and ale. They entertained themselves with cock fighting while the rich enjoyed hunting and plays. Overall, life was very difficult for the poor compared to the wealthy in Tudor society.
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- 1. Rich and Poor in Tudor times
- 2. Rich Poor Made of bricks, wooden frames Had chimneys ,fireplaces ,glass windows Huge houses Lots of rooms Lots of servants Food Venison (deer) Wild boar Swans Vegetable Bean soup Sometimes rabbits Clothes Made of: Silk and velvet Had shabby clothes So less clothes Leisure Houses Enjoyed: Hunting Playing sports Archery Watching Plays Cottages Made of daub No servants Have 1 or 2 rooms No chimneys , fireplaces, or glass windows Enjoyed: Cock fighting Bear-baiting
- 3. Poor Tudors There were many kinds of poor people People on the breadline The "deserving poor", e.g. the very young, the very old, and disabled people Sturdy rogues: vagabonds and people who moved about looking for work
- 4. Poor Tudors Poor Tudors life was harsh Poor people had to work long hours but still couldn’t afford good houses to live or food to eat Few of them could read and write Peasants would often work in farmlands The church would usually own the farmlands that the peasants worked on Sometimes poor Tudors would work in the kitchens in palaces but some monarchs thought they were really dirty.
- 5. Poor Tudor children poor children would have to work to earn money or help around the house Poor children didn’t go to school, because they had to work When they worked to help around the house, they would do jobs such as spinning wool and collecting eggs To earn money, they would do jobs such as baking bread or making shoes
- 6. Houses Poor people houses were like cottages They were made of daub (mud and animal dung) They had no servants They had one or two rooms There were no chimneys or fireplaces There windows was a hole in the wall They threw their rubbish in a bush All they had for a toilet was a hole in the ground
- 7. Clothes There clothes were shabby Some people made their own clothes out of poor materials such as wool Lower class people were only allowed to wear wool, linen and sheepskin Men wore a hose of wool and tunic Women wore a dress of wool, apron, cloth bonnet and linen scarf They had so less clothes
- 8. Clothes Working Women Working women tended to wear shorter dresses than the wealthy. They also rolled up their sleeves when working. Their clothes were made out of wool. Working Men Working men wore loose fitting tunics and shirts made of woolen cloth. They also wore shirts that were made of wool rather than silk or linen. They wore boots on their feet
- 9. Clothes Poor Tudor girls wore dark skirts, white blouses and bright coloured waist coats Poor Tudor boys wore trousers pulled in at the shin, brightly coloured socks, a shirt and a waist coat Shoes were made of leather. High shoes were fashionable for both men and women. The toes were squared off and there was braid decoration down the front
- 10. Food Poor people in Tudor times didn’t eat much food They ate Vegetables and bean soup Sometimes they catch rabbit or poach fish If they went to market they would buy beef Vegetable and bean soup
- 11. Food Poor people ate bread made out of rye or ground acorns Sometimes they ate butter and egg The poor people drank ale, cider or buttermilk.
- 12. Leisure Poor people enjoyed cock-fighting and bear baiting Poor children played with wooden hoops and balls made out of pigs bladders
- 13. Belongings 2 straw mattresses 1 table 1 chair 2 stools 6 trenchers 1 pig 1 woolen cloak
- 14. Rich Tudors Rich people were Nobles, Bishops, Lords and Ladies Merchants, Yeoman and craftsmen were quite rich too They had good houses They could read and write They ate lots of meat They wore clothes made of silk and velvet
- 15. Houses Huge houses Rich people houses were made from bricks or wattle daub Houses had chimneys , fireplaces and glass windows There are lots of servants They have lots of rooms They had tapestries hung on the wall to keep out draughts
- 16. Clothes Tudor England is famous for its beautiful and ornate clothing, particularly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I They wore clothes made of silk and velvet The clothes of the wealthy were decorated with jewels and embroidered with gold thread Middle class people like traders and craftsmen wore plainer versions of these outfits
- 17. Women Clothes Head dress Corset - stiffened with wood Gown - split at the front to reveal the kirtle. Sleeves were either sewn in or tied on Kirtle - the main underskirt, coloured at the front
- 18. Men Clothes Hat Doublet – tight-fitting jacket that was stuffed and then quilted Coat Breeches – tied at the knee with laces
- 19. Clothes
- 20. Children Clothes Rich Tudor girls wore dresses that puffed out at the top of the skirt Boys wore girls clothes until they were nine. Then they could wear trousers that pulled in at the shin, a shirt and maybe a waist coat with gold embroidery Children usually wore mini versions of their parents clothes
- 21. Tudor Jewellery Both men and women wore jewellery They wore rings, chains, earrings and decorated hats and belts in semi precious stones
- 22. Food The main part of each meal was meat. They ate: Beef Lamb Pork Poultry Rabbit Deer Goat Wildfowl Rich people even ate swans! Everyone, by law, ate fish, not meat, on Fridays and during Lent.
- 23. Food Until the 1580’s, vegetables and fruit were less popular. By the end of the century there were many more vegetable and fruit gardens, and many new varieties were available, but only for the rich From Europe it came raspberries and gooseberries From America came pepper, pumpkins and potatoes
- 24. Food The rich people at bread made from flour The rich drank wine from France and Spain
- 25. Leisure The rich people enjoyed Hunting Playing Sports Archery Watching plays
- 26. Belongings 3 beds 4 feather mattresses 6 oak chests 8 silver plates 2 tapestries 25 cows 20 barrels of wine
- 27. Glossary Craftsmen: people like tailors and goldsmiths Yeomen: farm owners Breadline:1:a queue of people waiting for free food given out by a government agency or a charity organization Merchants: A person who buys and sells commodities for profit , dealers Deserving Poor: the very young, the very old, and disabled people Vagabonds: Vagabonds are homeless people who traveled road begging or stealing Monarch: a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor
- 28. The end Presented by: Hams Yasser Class 6A