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9. Who were the doctors in Tudor times? The barbers,
the priest’s, the cook’s or the teacher’s.
10. What was the Gong tower? Was it where the alarm
was raised from, the place to hide from soldiers, the
food room or the toilet.
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What year did Henry VIII come to the throne of
England? Was it 1505, 1509, 1515, or a quarter
to 4.
How many times did Henry VIII marry? Was it 5,
6,7 or 0 times. Yes this is a trick question.
The part of a Tudor house that sticks out above
the ground floor is called :The veranda, the pier,
the jetty or the cantilever?
What was the unit of money in Tudor times Was it
Groats, Pounds shillings and pence, Marks or
Euro’s?
11. What was the Boardroom in a big house? It was
the kitchen. Dining room, the toilet, the workshop.
12. Who was married for the shortest time to Henry?
Answer by wife number.
13. Of the surviving children of Henry VIII, which one
lived to the oldest age. Was it Mary, Edward,
Elizabeth or someone else? If so who?
14. Henry’s bad legs were caused by: Gout, Syphilis,
An earlier accident, the plague or tight shoes.
15. How much money did Henry VII leave for his son in
2004 values? 100M, 150M, 250M or more?
5.
In Tudor times the Knights in armour still jousted.
Is this true or false?
16. How much did Henry VIII spend each year on his
clothes in 2004 values? £500K, £1M, £2M, more?
6.
How many children did Henry VIII have? Was it 8,
9, 10 or more than 10?
17. Henry had his second wife’s sister as his girlfriend?
Is this true or just malicious gossip?
7.
How many days after Ann Boleyn’s execution did
Henry wait until he married Jane Seymour? Was
it the same day, 7 days, 10 days, he married her
before.
18. What was the population of England in the mid
1500’s? Was it 2M, 3.5M, 5M or more then 5M
8.
Who was Will Sommers? Was he Henry’s
Illegitimate son, Henry’s groom, Henry’s jester,
Henry’s secret identity?
19. The origin of the Tudors were: Welsh, Scottish,
English or ran a pub in Benedorm.
20. The Mary Rose ship sank because: It was hit by a
cannon ball, it ran aground, it was top heavy or the
captain was still a learner.
Light, lemony biscuits, which need to be stored in an airtight container to
retain their crispness. In other traditional recipes, caraway seeds or currants
were added to the basic mixture, to make interesting variations. Note, the
Spice Biscuits, Fruit Biscuits and Fruit Squares are all variations, details
below.
Makes 24
Butter - 110g (4 oz)
Caster sugar - 150g (5 oz)
Egg yolks - 2
Plain flour - 225g (8 oz)
Lemon - 1, zest only
METHOD
1.Pre-heat oven to 180 °C / 350 °F / Gas 4.Cream the butter and sugar
together until pale and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and beat well. Stir in the flour
and lemon zest and mix to a fairly firm dough.
2.Knead lightly on a lightly floured surface and roll out to about 0.5 cm (¼
inch) thickness. Cut out 6 cm (2½ inch) rounds with a fluted cutter, and put
onto greased baking sheets.
3.Bake for 15 minutes until lightly browned and firm to the touch. Transfer to
wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.
VARIATIONS:
Spice Biscuits
Omit the lemon zest and add 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice and 1 teaspoon
ground cinnamon, sifted with the flour.
Fruit Biscuits
Add 50g (2 oz) chopped dried fruit to the mixture with the flour.
Fruit Squares
Make up the mixture and divide in half. Roll out both portions into rectangles
and sprinkle 110g (4 oz) chopped dried fruit over one piece. Cover with the
other piece and roll the mixture to 0.5 cm (¼ inch) thick. Cut into squares.
Mmmmm
Something
smells good.
The population of Tudor England
Population in Millions
4M
1524.....2.3 mill
1541.....2.7 mill
1550.....2.9 mill
1569.....3.2 mill
1599.....4.0 mill
3.5M
3M
Henry VIII
Dies
2.5M
2M
1500
Henry VIII
comes to
power
1550
Year
1600
English Gable Hood
The most notable type of headwear worn by well-to-do and
better off Englishwomen during the first decades of the 16th
century was an item now referred to as an English hood or
Gable Hood. Complex and bulky, and peculiar to England and
Flanders, its interior construction is even now a mystery
The first intimations of this emerging Tudor style can be seen
in the picture of Margaret Beaufort shown to the right, painted
in 1503. She is wearing a long veil, a common style of
headwear for the time, but the front section is heavily starched
and stiffened into a point.
Court Ladies
Patent Leather
After the Patten shoe which the young women wore in the buttery. When the cream spilled on their
shoes, the fat would tend to make the leather shiny.
Done to a turn.
Meat was roasted until cooked on an upright spit which had to be turned by hand.
Cut through the red tape.
Lawyers kept their clients papers in a file folder tied with red ribbon to prevent the papers from falling
out. Of course, when they wanted to get at the papers, they would have to cut through the red tape.
Beating about the bush
Game birds were scared out of their hiding places under bushes and then killed.
Mind your P’s and Q’s.
The expression was intended for people to mind how many Pints and Quarts they drank, or in other
words, to behave!
Wet your whistle.
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their
ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used to blow the whistle to get some service.
The Threshold.
The raised door entrance held back the straw (called thresh) on the floor.
Not fit to hold a candle to.
A menial household task was holding a candle for someone while they completed some type of
activity. Some people were not held in much esteem, therefore they were "not fit to hold a candle to."
Giving someone the cold shoulder.
When a guests would over stay their welcome as house guests, the hosts would (instead of feeding
them good, warm meals) give their too-long staying guests the worst part of the animal, not warmed,
but the COLD SHOULDER.
A square meal.
Your dinner plate was a square piece of wood with a "bowl" carved out to hold your trencher and
the serving of the perpetual stew that was always cooking over the fire. The kettle was never
actually emptied and cleaned out. New ingredients were simply added to the soup. You always took
your "square" with you when you went travelling.
A frog in your throat.
Medieval physicians believed that the secretions of a frog could cure a cough if they were coated on
the throat of the patient. The frog was placed in the mouth of the sufferer and remained there until
the physician decided that the treatment was complete.
Turn the tables
Tables only had one finished side. The other side, less expensive to make, was more rough. When
the family was alone, they ate on the rough side to keep the good side nice for company. When
company came, the whole top lifted off and was turned to its good side.
Rule of thumb
An old English law declared that a man could not beat his wife with a stick any larger than the
diameter of his thumb.
A bonfire.
The discarded "bones" from winter meals were piled outside and a bonefire would be set to get rid
of them.
Sleep tight
The bed frames were strung with ropes on which straw mattresses were placed. After some time the
ropes would loosen and one of the young men would pull them tight.
Fast Asleep
8 hours fasting at night.
Breakfast
Break the fast
Got out of the wrong side of the bed.
An old superstition said that it was bad luck to put the left foot down when getting out of bed.
Tying the knot.
Tying the knot of the ropes in the marriage bed.
Honeymoon.
It was the accepted practice in Babylonia 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the
bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and
because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we know
today as the "honeymoon".
Blackmail.
The armour which was worn by “black knights” who roamed about selling their services. was called
mail and it became black with age .When two knights were duelling and one attained the upperhand, he would give the other an alternative of life or death as the sword was pointed at his face.
This was known as black mailing someone.
When let to live, the loser would hand over his armour to the winner who would sell it back. This
was Black market.
Dead as a door nail.
Nails were once hand-tooled and costly. When someone tore down an aging house or barn he would
salvage the nails so he could re-use them in later construction. When building a door, however,
carpenters often drove the nail through then bent it over on the other end so it couldn't work its way
out. When it came time to salvage, these bent "door nails" were considered useless or "dead."
Make ends meet
Budget tightly - the metaphor was originally wearing a shorter (tighter) belt.
Red herring
A distraction initially appearing significant - from the metaphor of dragging a red (smoked)
herring across the trail of a fox to throw the hounds off the fox's scent.
Spinster
Unmarried woman - in Saxon times a woman was not considered fit for marriage until she could
spin yarn properly.
Wife.
Derives from the Anglo-Saxon 'wyfan', to weave, next after spinning in the cloth-making process.
Gone to pot
The food leftovers all went into the pot whatever the condition.
A Pitcher
A leather jug sealed with tar.
Hand I the Cup
A Board game where the dice thrower has a disadvantage, hence the word Handicap.