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
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
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
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