Topic: Life in Tudor times varied greatly, depending on
whether you were rich or poor. Can you find out about the main differences
between rich and poor Tudors regarding: food, clothing, housing and education
and post them on the blog.
The rich children would dine on significant amounts of food and waste food too whereas the poor would have limited meals of low quality. A large quantity of the population were living on dripping, bread, tea and vegetables. That is not a great diet . If poor ever where'd silk they will be punished.
Rich people in the 16 century lit there house with beeswax candles poor people use to sit on small stools the very rich had pocket watches the rich also enjoyed hunting only rich people can afford carpets poor people couldn't
Rich-In the Middle Ages rich people's houses were designed for defence rather than comfort. In the 16th century life was safer so houses no longer had to be easy to defend. Rich Tudors built grand houses e.g. Cardinal Wolsey built Hampton Court Palace. Later the Countess of Shrewsbury built Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. The rich ate vast amounts of meat. However they rarely ate vegetables. The Tudors were also fond of sweet foods. However in the 16th century sugar was very expensive. For rich Tudors fashion was important. For the poor clothes had to be tough and practical. All classes wore wool. However it varied in quality. The rich wore fine quality wool. The poor wore coarse wool. Linen was used to make shirts and underwear. However only the rich could afford cotton and silk. Rich Tudors also embroidered their clothes with silk, gold or silver thread. Rich Tudor women wore silk stockings. In the early 16th century many boys went to chantry schools. Rich men left money in their wills to pay priests to pray for their souls. After the religious changes of the 1540s the chantry schools were closed. However many rich men founded grammar schools.
Poor-Homes for poor people in Tudor Times were very uncomfortable. They lived in simple huts with one or two rooms (occasionally three). Smoke escaped through a hole in the thatched roof. Floors were of hard earth and furniture was very basic, benches, stools, a table and wooden chests. The poor slept on mattresses stuffed with straw or thistledown. The mattresses lay on ropes strung across a wooden frame. Poor Tudors lived on a dreary diet. In the morning they had bread and cheese and onions. They only had one cooked meal a day. They mixed grain with water and added vegetables and (if they could afford it) strips of me In Tudor Times everybody ate bread but poor people ate coarse bread of barley or rye. The poor wore coarse, scratchy wool. Linen was used to make shirts. By Nanditha
TUDOR HOUSES Rich Tudors built grand houses,but poor people normally didn't have houses to live in, they would have had a little shelter. FOOD Rich people (HENRY VIII)ate meat and many different kinds of meat such as poor people would have ate veges and a little amount of it. CLOTHING Rich Tudor women wore silk stockings. Tudor men wore short trouser-like garments called breeches. They also wore tight fitting jackets called doublets. Another jacket called a jerkin was worn over the doublet. by REVANTH
During the Tudor era, the rich and poor people had very different lives. The poor had to work day and night, while the rich had many servants working for them.
Food - the rich ✓ They had many banquets with lots of guests ✓ Some of their meals were covered in gold leaf to show how much money they had ✓ They ate vast amounts of meat and rarely ate vegetables ✓ They ate bread made from fine white flour ✓ They bought sugar, preserved fruit, sugared almonds and jelly which very expensive ✓ They drank lots of wine
Food - the poor ✓ They could not afford most if the luxuries the rich could ✓ A common meal for the poor was called pottage - they mixed grain with water ✓ They ate coarse bread made from barley or rye ✓ Instead of meat they ate many vegetables and fruits, although fresh fruit were considered to be bad for your health ✓ The very poor had to drink the unhealthy water since they could afford ale or beer
Education - the rich ✓ Many boys would go to a nursery-like school called a 'petty school' until they were seven ✓ Then they moved on to grammar school ✓ Children learnt to read and write using something called a hornbook although it wasn't an actually a book - it was a wooden slice with a handle and the alphabet and Lord's Prayer written on it ✓ At about 15 or 16 the cleverest boys would go to Cambridge or Oxford University where they would learn the seven arts of grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music ✓ For girls, if they were rich then a private tutor would teach them at home
Education - the poor ✓ Poor children never went to school ✓ Instead they were expected to stay at home and help out
Clothing - the rich ✓ Fashion was very important ✓ Their clothes were decorated elaborately ✓ They wore fine wool and silk clothes ✓ They embroidered their clothes with silver, gold or silk thread ✓ Women wore silk stockings ✓ Only they were allowed to wear purple - purple, red and indigo clothes were very expensive
Clothing - the poor ✓ They wore wool too, but it was very rough and coarse ✓ Their clothes were often very thin and never decorated ✓ Many working men wore loose tunics since it was easy to work in, and sometimes leather jerkins called 'buff-jerkins'
The rich would eat an unhealthy amount of meat, with low fibre, but those things weren't understood in those times. They sometimes had their food layered with gold leaf, and grinded gold in their drinks to show how rich they were.
Poor:
Vegetables grown underground were considered fit only for the poor people. They also eat bread, and whatever meat they could scavenge before the Rich came and took all the animals e.g rabbits,blackbirds,pheasants,partridges,hens,duck and pigeon. Poor people also caught fish.
Education
Rich:
The rich children could go to grammar school when they were only 7 years old, and learned very well how to read and write, speak different languages and mathematics.
Poor:
The majority of Poor children never went to school. Very few of them were educated, as it was required to have permission from the Goverment.
Clothing
Rich:
As fashion was extremely important for rich people, they're clothes were very stylish. Only they had the right to wear purple ; Indigo and red clothes were overly expensive. Women wore silk stockings. The rich people's clothes were embroidered with silver,gold or silk thread.The clothes were high quality wool or silk.
Poor:
Even though the poor wore wool as well, it was a lot thinner and they always had no decorations. Their clothes were very rough.
The rich loved eating meat such as deer and pork and rarely ate vegetables. The poor only rarely ate meat and mainly lived on a coarse bread of barley or rye, cheese and a thin stew of vegetables and grain. Tudors liked sweet food but sugar was very expensive. That’s why the poor had better teeth. Rich people rode in carriages or on horses to avoid stepping on the dirty streets that the poor walked through which were full of thieves and beggars. In Tudor times the rich started to build grand houses with oak paneling. The poor lived in simple huts with only one or two rooms and dirt floors, smoke disappeared through the hole in the roof. Everybody wore clothes made from wool but the rich had good quality wool and the poor only had scratchy wool. The rich had fancy clothes and it was important to look good. They could also afford cotton and silk but the poor needed to have tough practical clothes for working in. Only a few children went to school because you had to pay and it was only boys as girls were meant to work and then get married. Very rich people were taught at home by a tutor.
Tudors If you were rich than you would be able to own a house. But if you were poor than you would usually live in a tent. At those times if you were poor than you wouldn't have that much food to eat. If you were rich than you would have large portion of food. If you were poor than you would wear very rough and thin clothes. If you were rich than you would wear very fine clothing and is always decorated.
Food and Diet: Rich- The rich would eat hunted meat. They would hunt Deer, Rabbits, Robins and Pheasant. They would also drink wine and sherry.
Poor- The poor would eat soup and bread. They would drink something called ‘small beer’ (watered ale)
Clothing: Rich- The ladies wore padded skirts held up with loops, bodices and colourful floor length gowns. Men wore white silk shirts frilled at the wrist, over went a doublet and hose as trousers.
Poor- Ladies wore dresses made of wool that touched the floor and over they wore an apron and bonnet. Men wore wool trousers and a tunic.
Housing: Poor- The poor slept with sometimes over 5 people in the same house they also used a hole in wall as a window.
Rich- The rich lived in big black and white houses and if you were royalty you would live in a palace.
Education: Poor- The poor would only be educated if they had permission from the government.
Rich- The rich would first go to petty school until the age of 7, then to grammar school and only the cleverest would go to Oxford or Cambridge.
The poor had to work hard and struggled to survive. Many poor people lives lived in villages doing farm work or making cloth in their own homes for very little pay. They worked six days a week and only had holy days and public holidays off work.When the harvest failed it was tempting for poor people to steal food. When people n'did break the law, they risked public flogging or being hanged.
Rich Tudors would have enormous amounts of rich food causing them to have diabetes. Poor Tudors would have out of date and mouldy food.
Rich Tudor ladies wore big colourful dresses and rich Tudor men wore silk shirts and trousers. Poor women wore long dresses and men wore tunics out of rough fabric.
Rich Tudors had grand mansions but poor Tudors had small shelters.
Most rich boys went to school whilst girls had to help at home. Poor Tudors did not go to school because of the fee that they had to pay.
Poor people wore simple loose fitting clothes made from woollen cloth.Most men wore trousers made from wool and a tunic that is just above the knees however women wore a dress made from wool that went down to the ground. Rich ladies wore padded skirts with loops.Over these went bodices and colourful floor-length gowns however rich men wore white silk shirts frilled at the neck and wrists.Over it they wore a doublet(a bit like a tight-fitting jacket)
Their houses were made out of straw,wood and many other things,including dung and mud.The houses were very simple.The fire in the middle of the house was where everyone woud cook.They would have acouple of pots and pans.
In the tudor times rich people's houses were designed for defense rather than comfort. In the 16 century life was safer so houses no longer had to be easy to defend.Rich Tudor built grand houses Cardinal Wolsey built Hampton Court Palace.
Tudor clothes and fashion varied according to whether the person was a member of Royalty,the Nobility,Upper Class or one of the poor, working class.But whether a man was wealthy or poor he was not allowed to wear whatever he liked due to the Tudor Sumptuary or Statutes of Apparel.Colors,styles and materials were dictated by class and rank. The higher the rank themore choice of materials,styles and colors that could be worn.The rank and position of Tudor men and women would be immediately recognised by the color, style and material oftheir clothes.
Tudor England is faimous for its butiful and ornate clothing,particular during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Clothes were a means of displaying how wealthy a person was.Rich people coud aford clothing made of fine wool,linen or silk.
The Tudor people ate a lot of fresh food because there was on way of storing foodto be eaten later.The was no such thing as freezers or fridges in the Tudor times.They ate with fingers,knives and spoons.There were no forks. Poor people ate a herb-flavoured souo called pottage which would be served with bread.It was made of pesa,milk,egg yolks,breadcrumbs and parsley and flavoured with saffron and ginger. DANIEL
Rich! The rich ladies wore a padded skirt held up with loops. Over these were bodices and colourful floor length gowns. The rich men wore white silk shirts, frilled at the neck and wrists. Over this there went a doublet(a bit like a tight fitting jacket), and close fitting striped trousers (called hose). The rich tudors ate a lot of meat like rabbit; pheasant and lots of other stuff but the rich people never ate vegtables. The education for the rich was very good but it was the beatings people didn't like. They use to learn English, Arithmatic, Latin. the houses were beautiful where the rich people lived in there are still some tudor houses left. Poor:( The poor food was really good for there diet because going back to the rich people they didn't eat vegtables so they let the poor eat them instead of the rich. The poor also ate bread and eggs; they drank small beer and red wine but they did not drink the water from the thames because it was nasty and could make you very ill. Poor men wore a light fitting tunic that comes just above their knee. The poor women wore a dress that went to the ground; a mini apron that goes around her waist and tyes at the back. On her head would be a hat called a bonnet.The poor boys would go to school if their parents can aford to go; but the girls stayed at home and worked with her mum like sowing; cocking and more stuff. While their father went off farming with other fathers.
Food and Diet Rich: The rich ate meat all the time. They had wine too. The kind of meat the Tudors would eat were rabbits, deer, robins and pheasants. Poor: The poor would hardly eat. They sometimes had fruits and vegetables.
Clothing Rich: The rich ladies wore padded skirts with loops. Over went bodices and colourful floor-length gowns. Rich men wore white silk frilled at the neck and wrists. Over it was a doublet. Poor: Poor men wore trousers made from wool and a tunic just above the knees. Poor women wore a dress made of wool that went to the ground. Housing: Rich: The rich had grand black and white houses. Poor: The poor lived in tiny overcrowding place. Education: Rich: The rich went to petty schools and when they were 7 they would go to grammar schools. The rich were very well educated. Poor: Some poor people only went to school if they were allowed by the government. If they didn't go to school they would be helping out.
rich: Rich people would have hunted meat like Deer ,Rabbit ,Robbins and Pheasant and then they would eat the meat for dinner .Also rich people wouldn't drink water because it was polluted so they drunk French wine.
poor:
poor people would eat pottage which was made out of Peas ,Milk ,Egg yolks ,Breadcrumbs and parsley and flavourd with saffron and Ginger .Sometimes they would eat meat if they had the money to buy it from the Butcher.
clothing:
rich:
rich ladies would wear padded skirts held up with loops.However rich men wore white silk shirts ,frilled at the neck and wrists over the shirt they wore a doublet and close-fitting striped trousers.Also everybody had hair shoulder length.
poor:
poor people wore loose-fitting cloths made from woollen cloth.
Housing:
poor/rich:
the Tudor houses where half timbered-they had wooden frames and the spaces between were filled with small sticks and wet clay called wattle and daub.
Education:
rich: rich children would start school at the age of 4 mostly only boys went to school.At the age of 7 they went to grammar schools.
poor:
poor children could only go to school if the government let them go to school.
Poor wear clothes so they stay warm/rich wear clothes so they looked good. Rich people eat mostly meat and get diary/pork ham sausage. Poor people eat cabbage raw meat .rich have castles.
During the Tudor period, there was a clear divide between poor Tudors and rich Tudors. Just like today, the wealthy could afford bigger homes, better furniture and finer clothes.Rich Tudors enjoyed fighting in make believe tournaments. Even though knights in armor were a thing of the past, rich Tudors would dress in armor and fight with wooden or blunted swords. POOR
The rich ate meat, and a lot of meat. Some rich tudors had their own hunters. Since the hunters had permission from the rich they were allowed to kill big things like :Bull, Boar and others. The rich ate sooo much meat that most rich people died because of stuff to do with their digestive system (i.e. Type 2 Diabetes)
The rich also had gingerbread, jelly and costly spices. Since there wasn't any sugars they used honey to sweeten their food. The spices were bought by merchants who had travelled to different places.
-Poor
The poor hardly ever had meat. They'd somtimes have veggies but also they had rotten food.
*Clothing*
-Rich
The rich wore expensive clothing. The rich ladies wore wore padded skirts held up with loops. Over that they wore colourful floor-length gowns. The rich men wore white silk shirts, frilled at the neck and wrists.
-Poor
The poor wore simple clothes made from woollen cloth. Most of the poor men wore trousers made from wool and a tunic. The women wore a dress of wool that was long. They somtimes wore an apron over that.
Food-the rich • Rich used to eat meat. • They sometimes overate and this gave them diseases, little did they know about it • They ate all sorts of food, like duck and goose etc. • They rarely ate any vegetables, but did eat some on some occasions. • If they ever had vegetables, it would be seasoned to its fullest • They wouldn’t have soup, as they thought it was for ‘the poor’. • Sometimes they would have rich spices, but only if they were extremely wealthy • They had a glass of wine or beer along with their meat
Food-the poor • The poor had very little food • It was vegetables mainly • The food was very bland • The poor had soup sometimes • If you could get away with it, hunting was an option • Many poor hunters could only hunt small animals • But some of the poor were law-breakers • They sneakily hunted big animals
Education-the rich • Young rich boys went to school • They started at about 7 years old • At first, they went to schools called ‘petty schools’. • They went to real schools when they were about 13 • Girls didn’t go to schools • They stayed at home and learnt all the skills at home
Education-the poor • Boys only went to school if the government allowed them • Normally they didn’t • Rich girls were the same as poor girls • They both didn’t have an education and sat at home • People said girls were better off in the house • They learnt cooking etc.
Clothing-the rich • Tudor England is famous for its beautiful and ornate clothing • Clothes displayed how wealthy someone was. • Rich people afforded clothing made of fine wool, linen or silk. • Their clothes were decorated with jewels and embroidered with gold thread • Rich women wore skirts held up with loops made of linen. Over these went bodices and floor-length gowns. • Rich men wore white silk shirts, frilled at the neck and wrists. Over this they wore a doublet (a bit like a tight-fitting jacket), and close-fitting striped trousers (called hose).
Clothing-the poor • The poor wore simple, loose clothes • They were made from light woollen cloth. • Men wore trousers made from wool • They also wore a tunic which came down to just above their knee. • Women wore dresses made from wool as well • The dresses were long and went down to the ground. • They often wore an apron over this. • A cloth bonnet was worn on their heads.
Rich Tudors lived in grand houses with oak panelled walls, wallpaper or tapestries.They could afford chairs and chimneys, and some slept in 4 poster beds. Rich tudors lit their homes with beeswax candles and owned clocks and gardens. Rich Tudors ate lots of meat and very few vegetables. Rich Tudor children would receive an education. Girls would be taught sewing, embroidery dancing, music, archery, riding and hunting. Only boys were taught academic subjects.
Poor
Poor Tudors lived in simple huts of one or two rooms. They had no chimneys, just a hole in the roof. Poor Tudors slept on mattresses, stuffed with straw. Poor Tudors ate coarse bread made with barley or rye, and lots of vegetables. Poor Tudor children would not receive any formal education.
! POOR AND RICH !
ReplyDeleteThe rich children would dine on significant amounts of food and waste food too whereas the poor would have limited meals of low quality. A large quantity of the population were living on dripping, bread, tea and vegetables. That is not a great diet . If poor ever where'd silk they will be punished.
Rich people in the 16 century lit there house with beeswax candles poor people use to sit on small stools the very rich had pocket watches the rich also enjoyed hunting only rich people can afford carpets poor people couldn't
ReplyDeleteRich-In the Middle Ages rich people's houses were designed for defence rather than comfort. In the 16th century life was safer so houses no longer had to be easy to defend. Rich Tudors built grand houses e.g. Cardinal Wolsey built Hampton Court Palace. Later the Countess of Shrewsbury built Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. The rich ate vast amounts of meat. However they rarely ate vegetables. The Tudors were also fond of sweet foods. However in the 16th century sugar was very expensive. For rich Tudors fashion was important. For the poor clothes had to be tough and practical. All classes wore wool. However it varied in quality. The rich wore fine quality wool. The poor wore coarse wool. Linen was used to make shirts and underwear. However only the rich could afford cotton and silk. Rich Tudors also embroidered their clothes with silk, gold or silver thread. Rich Tudor women wore silk stockings. In the early 16th century many boys went to chantry schools. Rich men left money in their wills to pay priests to pray for their souls. After the religious changes of the 1540s the chantry schools were closed. However many rich men founded grammar schools.
ReplyDeletePoor-Homes for poor people in Tudor Times were very uncomfortable. They lived in simple huts with one or two rooms (occasionally three). Smoke escaped through a hole in the thatched roof. Floors were of hard earth and furniture was very basic, benches, stools, a table and wooden chests. The poor slept on mattresses stuffed with straw or thistledown. The mattresses lay on ropes strung across a wooden frame. Poor Tudors lived on a dreary diet. In the morning they had bread and cheese and onions. They only had one cooked meal a day. They mixed grain with water and added vegetables and (if they could afford it) strips of me In Tudor Times everybody ate bread but poor people ate coarse bread of barley or rye. The poor wore coarse, scratchy wool. Linen was used to make shirts.
By Nanditha
TUDOR HOUSES
ReplyDeleteRich Tudors built grand houses,but poor people normally didn't have houses to live in, they would have had a little shelter.
FOOD
Rich people (HENRY VIII)ate meat and many different kinds of meat such as poor people would have ate veges and a little amount of it.
CLOTHING
Rich Tudor women wore silk stockings. Tudor men wore short trouser-like garments called breeches. They also wore tight fitting jackets called doublets. Another jacket called a jerkin was worn over the doublet.
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REVANTH
Rich and Poor People
ReplyDeleteBy Prisha
During the Tudor era, the rich and poor people had very different lives. The poor had to work day and night, while the rich had many servants working for them.
Food - the rich
✓ They had many banquets with lots of guests
✓ Some of their meals were covered in gold leaf to show how much money they had
✓ They ate vast amounts of meat and rarely ate vegetables
✓ They ate bread made from fine white flour
✓ They bought sugar, preserved fruit, sugared almonds and jelly which very expensive
✓ They drank lots of wine
Food - the poor
✓ They could not afford most if the luxuries the rich could
✓ A common meal for the poor was called pottage - they mixed grain with water
✓ They ate coarse bread made from barley or rye
✓ Instead of meat they ate many vegetables and fruits, although fresh fruit were considered to be bad for your health
✓ The very poor had to drink the unhealthy water since they could afford ale or beer
Education - the rich
✓ Many boys would go to a nursery-like school called a 'petty school' until they were seven
✓ Then they moved on to grammar school
✓ Children learnt to read and write using something called a hornbook although it wasn't an actually a book - it was a wooden slice with a handle and the alphabet and Lord's Prayer written on it
✓ At about 15 or 16 the cleverest boys would go to Cambridge or Oxford University where they would learn the seven arts of grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music
✓ For girls, if they were rich then a private tutor would teach them at home
Education - the poor
✓ Poor children never went to school
✓ Instead they were expected to stay at home and help out
Clothing - the rich
✓ Fashion was very important
✓ Their clothes were decorated elaborately
✓ They wore fine wool and silk clothes
✓ They embroidered their clothes with silver, gold or silk thread
✓ Women wore silk stockings
✓ Only they were allowed to wear purple - purple, red and indigo clothes were very expensive
Clothing - the poor
✓ They wore wool too, but it was very rough and coarse
✓ Their clothes were often very thin and never decorated
✓ Many working men wore loose tunics since it was easy to work in, and sometimes leather jerkins called 'buff-jerkins'
Food
ReplyDeleteRich:
The rich would eat an unhealthy amount of meat, with low fibre, but those things weren't understood in those times. They sometimes had their food layered with gold leaf, and grinded gold in their drinks to show how rich they were.
Poor:
Vegetables grown underground were considered fit only for the poor people. They also eat bread, and whatever meat they could scavenge before the Rich came and took all the animals e.g rabbits,blackbirds,pheasants,partridges,hens,duck and pigeon. Poor people also caught fish.
Education
Rich:
The rich children could go to grammar school when they were only 7 years old, and learned very well how to read and write, speak different languages and mathematics.
Poor:
The majority of Poor children never went to school. Very few of them were educated, as it was required to have permission from the Goverment.
Clothing
Rich:
As fashion was extremely important for rich people, they're clothes were very stylish.
Only they had the right to wear purple ; Indigo and red clothes were overly expensive.
Women wore silk stockings. The rich people's clothes were embroidered with silver,gold or silk thread.The clothes were high quality wool or silk.
Poor:
Even though the poor wore wool as well, it was a lot thinner and they always had no decorations. Their clothes were very rough.
Tudor People
ReplyDeleteThe rich loved eating meat such as deer and pork and rarely ate vegetables. The poor only rarely ate meat and mainly lived on a coarse bread of barley or rye, cheese and a thin stew of vegetables and grain. Tudors liked sweet food but sugar was very expensive. That’s why the poor had better teeth.
Rich people rode in carriages or on horses to avoid stepping on the dirty streets that the poor walked through which were full of thieves and beggars.
In Tudor times the rich started to build grand houses with oak paneling. The poor lived in simple huts with only one or two rooms and dirt floors, smoke disappeared through the hole in the roof.
Everybody wore clothes made from wool but the rich had good quality wool and the poor only had scratchy wool. The rich had fancy clothes and it was important to look good. They could also afford cotton and silk but the poor needed to have tough practical clothes for working in.
Only a few children went to school because you had to pay and it was only boys as girls were meant to work and then get married. Very rich people were taught at home by a tutor.
Esme
Tudors
ReplyDeleteIf you were rich than you would be able to own a house. But if you were poor than you would usually live in a tent. At those times if you were poor than you wouldn't have that much food to eat. If you were rich than you would have large portion of food. If you were poor than you would wear very rough and thin clothes. If you were rich than you would wear very fine clothing and is always decorated.
Rich and Poor:
ReplyDeleteFood and Diet:
Rich- The rich would eat hunted meat. They would hunt Deer, Rabbits, Robins and Pheasant. They would also drink wine and sherry.
Poor- The poor would eat soup and bread. They would drink something called ‘small beer’ (watered ale)
Clothing:
Rich- The ladies wore padded skirts held up with loops, bodices and colourful floor length gowns. Men wore white silk shirts frilled at the wrist, over went a doublet and hose as trousers.
Poor- Ladies wore dresses made of wool that touched the floor and over they wore an apron and bonnet. Men wore wool trousers and a tunic.
Housing:
Poor- The poor slept with sometimes over 5 people in the same house they also used a hole in wall as a window.
Rich- The rich lived in big black and white houses and if you were royalty you would live in a palace.
Education:
Poor- The poor would only be educated if they had permission from the government.
Rich- The rich would first go to petty school until the age of 7, then to grammar school and only the cleverest would go to Oxford or Cambridge.
The poor had to work hard and struggled to survive. Many poor people lives lived in villages doing farm work or making cloth in their own homes for very little pay. They worked six days a week and only had holy days and public holidays off work.When the harvest failed it was tempting for poor people to steal food. When people n'did break the law, they risked public flogging or being hanged.
ReplyDeleteRich Tudors would have enormous amounts of rich food causing them to have diabetes. Poor Tudors would have out of date and mouldy food.
ReplyDeleteRich Tudor ladies wore big colourful dresses and rich Tudor men wore silk shirts and trousers. Poor women wore long dresses and men wore tunics out of rough fabric.
Rich Tudors had grand mansions but poor Tudors had small shelters.
Most rich boys went to school whilst girls had to help at home. Poor Tudors did not go to school because of the fee that they had to pay.
Poor people wore simple loose fitting clothes made from woollen cloth.Most men wore trousers made from wool and a tunic that is just above the knees however women wore a dress made from wool that went down to the ground.
ReplyDeleteRich ladies wore padded skirts with loops.Over these went bodices and colourful floor-length gowns however rich men wore white silk shirts frilled at the neck and wrists.Over it they wore a doublet(a bit like a tight-fitting jacket)
Their houses were made out of straw,wood and many other things,including dung and mud.The houses were very simple.The fire in the middle of the house was where everyone woud cook.They would have acouple of pots and pans.
ReplyDeleteIn the tudor times rich people's houses were designed for defense rather than comfort. In the 16 century life was safer so houses no longer had to be easy to defend.Rich Tudor built grand houses Cardinal Wolsey built Hampton Court Palace.
Tudor clothes and fashion varied according to whether the person was a member of Royalty,the Nobility,Upper Class or one of the poor, working class.But whether a man was wealthy or poor he was not allowed to wear whatever he liked due to the Tudor Sumptuary or Statutes of Apparel.Colors,styles and materials were dictated by class and rank. The higher the rank themore choice of materials,styles and colors that could be worn.The rank and position of Tudor men and women would be immediately recognised by the color, style and material oftheir clothes.
Tudor England is faimous for its butiful and ornate clothing,particular during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Clothes were a means of displaying how wealthy a person was.Rich people coud aford clothing made of fine wool,linen or silk.
The Tudor people ate a lot of fresh food because there was on way of storing foodto be eaten later.The was no such thing as freezers or fridges in the Tudor times.They ate with fingers,knives and spoons.There were no forks. Poor people ate a herb-flavoured souo called pottage which would be served with bread.It was made of pesa,milk,egg yolks,breadcrumbs and parsley and flavoured with saffron and ginger. DANIEL
Rich!
ReplyDeleteThe rich ladies wore a padded skirt held up with loops. Over these were bodices and colourful floor length gowns.
The rich men wore white silk shirts, frilled at the neck and wrists. Over this there went a doublet(a bit like a tight fitting jacket), and close fitting striped trousers (called hose). The rich tudors ate a lot of meat like rabbit; pheasant and lots of other stuff but the rich people never ate vegtables. The education for the rich was very good but it was the beatings people didn't like. They use to learn English, Arithmatic, Latin. the houses were beautiful where the rich people lived in there are still some tudor houses left.
Poor:(
The poor food was really good for there diet because going back to the rich people they didn't eat vegtables so they let the poor eat them instead of the rich. The poor also ate bread and eggs; they drank small beer and red wine but they did not drink the water from the thames because it was nasty and could make you very ill. Poor men wore a light fitting tunic that comes just above their knee. The poor women wore a dress that went to the ground; a mini apron that goes around her waist and tyes at the back. On her head would be a hat called a bonnet.The poor boys would go to school if their parents can aford to go; but the girls stayed at home and worked with her mum like sowing; cocking and more stuff. While their father went off farming with other fathers.
Thank for reading :)!
Food and Diet
ReplyDeleteRich:
The rich ate meat all the time. They had wine too. The kind of meat the Tudors would eat were rabbits, deer, robins and pheasants.
Poor:
The poor would hardly eat. They sometimes had fruits and vegetables.
Clothing
Rich:
The rich ladies wore padded skirts with loops. Over went bodices and colourful floor-length gowns. Rich men wore white silk frilled at the neck and wrists. Over it was a doublet.
Poor:
Poor men wore trousers made from wool and a tunic just above the knees. Poor women wore a dress made of wool that went to the ground.
Housing:
Rich:
The rich had grand black and white houses.
Poor:
The poor lived in tiny overcrowding place.
Education:
Rich:
The rich went to petty schools and when they were 7 they would go to grammar schools. The rich were very well educated.
Poor:
Some poor people only went to school if they were allowed by the government. If they didn't go to school they would be helping out.
food
ReplyDeleterich:
Rich people would have hunted meat like Deer ,Rabbit ,Robbins and Pheasant and then they would eat the meat for dinner .Also rich people wouldn't drink water because it was polluted so they drunk French wine.
poor:
poor people would eat pottage which was made out of Peas ,Milk ,Egg yolks ,Breadcrumbs and parsley and flavourd with saffron and Ginger .Sometimes they would eat meat if they had the money to buy it from the Butcher.
clothing:
rich:
rich ladies would wear padded skirts held up with loops.However rich men wore white silk shirts ,frilled at the neck and wrists over the shirt they wore a doublet and close-fitting striped trousers.Also everybody had hair shoulder length.
poor:
poor people wore loose-fitting cloths made from woollen cloth.
Housing:
poor/rich:
the Tudor houses where half timbered-they had wooden frames and the spaces between were filled with small sticks and wet clay called wattle and daub.
Education:
rich:
rich children would start school at the age of 4 mostly only boys went to school.At the age of 7 they went to grammar schools.
poor:
poor children could only go to school if the government let them go to school.
Poor wear clothes so they stay warm/rich wear clothes so they looked good. Rich people eat mostly meat and get diary/pork ham sausage. Poor people eat cabbage raw meat .rich have castles.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Tudor period, there was a clear divide between poor Tudors and rich Tudors. Just like today, the wealthy could afford bigger homes, better furniture and finer clothes.Rich Tudors enjoyed fighting in make believe tournaments. Even though knights in armor were a thing of the past, rich Tudors would dress in armor and fight with wooden or blunted swords.
ReplyDeletePOOR
The rich ate a lot of food. the poor only ate rotten food. rich and poor people couldn't survive for one thing: diseases.
ReplyDeleteRich people wore silky shirts and padded skirts. The others wore simple clothes made out of wool.
*TUDOR FOOD*
ReplyDelete-Rich
The rich ate meat, and a lot of meat. Some rich tudors had their own hunters. Since the hunters had permission from the rich they were allowed to kill big things like :Bull, Boar and others. The rich ate sooo much meat that most rich people died because of stuff to do with their digestive system (i.e. Type 2 Diabetes)
The rich also had gingerbread, jelly and costly spices. Since there wasn't any sugars they used honey to sweeten their food. The spices were bought by merchants who had travelled to different places.
-Poor
The poor hardly ever had meat. They'd somtimes have veggies but also they had rotten food.
*Clothing*
-Rich
The rich wore expensive clothing. The rich ladies wore wore padded skirts held up with loops. Over that they wore colourful floor-length gowns. The rich men wore white silk shirts, frilled at the neck and wrists.
-Poor
The poor wore simple clothes made from woollen cloth. Most of the poor men wore trousers made from wool and a tunic. The women wore a dress of wool that was long. They somtimes wore an apron over that.
Rich and Poor
ReplyDeleteFood-the rich
• Rich used to eat meat.
• They sometimes overate and this gave them diseases, little did they know about it
• They ate all sorts of food, like duck and goose etc.
• They rarely ate any vegetables, but did eat some on some occasions.
• If they ever had vegetables, it would be seasoned to its fullest
• They wouldn’t have soup, as they thought it was for ‘the poor’.
• Sometimes they would have rich spices, but only if they were extremely wealthy
• They had a glass of wine or beer along with their meat
Food-the poor
• The poor had very little food
• It was vegetables mainly
• The food was very bland
• The poor had soup sometimes
• If you could get away with it, hunting was an option
• Many poor hunters could only hunt small animals
• But some of the poor were law-breakers
• They sneakily hunted big animals
Education-the rich
• Young rich boys went to school
• They started at about 7 years old
• At first, they went to schools called ‘petty schools’.
• They went to real schools when they were about 13
• Girls didn’t go to schools
• They stayed at home and learnt all the skills at home
Education-the poor
• Boys only went to school if the government allowed them
• Normally they didn’t
• Rich girls were the same as poor girls
• They both didn’t have an education and sat at home
• People said girls were better off in the house
• They learnt cooking etc.
Clothing-the rich
• Tudor England is famous for its beautiful and ornate clothing
• Clothes displayed how wealthy someone was.
• Rich people afforded clothing made of fine wool, linen or silk.
• Their clothes were decorated with jewels and embroidered with gold thread
• Rich women wore skirts held up with loops made of linen. Over these went bodices and floor-length gowns.
• Rich men wore white silk shirts, frilled at the neck and wrists. Over this they wore a doublet (a bit like a tight-fitting jacket), and close-fitting striped trousers (called hose).
Clothing-the poor
• The poor wore simple, loose clothes
• They were made from light woollen cloth.
• Men wore trousers made from wool
• They also wore a tunic which came down to just above their knee.
• Women wore dresses made from wool as well
• The dresses were long and went down to the ground.
• They often wore an apron over this.
• A cloth bonnet was worn on their heads.
Rich
ReplyDeleteRich Tudors lived in grand houses with oak panelled walls, wallpaper or tapestries.They could afford chairs and chimneys, and some slept in 4 poster beds. Rich tudors lit their homes with beeswax candles and owned clocks and gardens.
Rich Tudors ate lots of meat and very few vegetables.
Rich Tudor children would receive an education. Girls would be taught sewing, embroidery dancing, music, archery, riding and hunting. Only boys were taught academic subjects.
Poor
Poor Tudors lived in simple huts of one or two rooms. They had no chimneys, just a hole in the roof. Poor Tudors slept on mattresses, stuffed with straw.
Poor Tudors ate coarse bread made with barley or rye, and lots of vegetables.
Poor Tudor children would not receive any formal education.