Read Daily Life in Elizabethan England Online
Authors: Jeffrey L. Forgeng
church, 25 – 30, 37, 77, 78 – 79, 80,
broadsides, 104, 187, 211
105.
See also
Catholicism;
Brownists, 29.
See also
Separatists
Protestantism; Puritans; religion
brushes, 74, 75, 130, 142
churchwardens, 16, 27
bumroll.
See
roll
citizens, 19
burgage tenure, 132, 133 – 34
cleaning, 82, 114.
See also
laundry;
busk, 132, 133 – 34
washing
butter, 104, 164, 165, 167, 168.
clergy, 14, 20, 27, 36.
See also
dairy produce
See also
archbishops;
buttons, 97, 140, 161
archdeacons; bishops; priests
climate, 6
cakes, 81, 87, 90, 167, 180
cloth.
See
fabric
calendar, 18, 69, 79 – 90
clothing, 104, 116, 125 – 61
Calvin, Jean, 2, 26
coaches, 227 – 28
camp-ball, 194
coats, 117, 137, 160 – 61
candles and candlesticks, 75, 90,
cockfighting, 190
104, 114, 115, 117.
See also
light
codpieces, 135 – 36
canvas, 104, 107, 110, 118, 127,
coifs, 75, 139 – 40, 155 – 56
136, 137.
See also
hemp
collars.
See
neckwear
capes, 139
combs, 74, 97, 132, 141
Index 271
commoners, 9, 14 – 15, 27, 49
dogs, 75,
76
, 190 – 91
Common Law, 15, 33 – 34, 42, 60
doublets, 75, 104, 117, 127, 134,
communion, 28, 63, 78, 80
136 – 37, 153 – 55
composting, 120
dowry, 65
confirmation, 63
Drake, Sir Francis, 4, 231
constables, 16, 19, 33, 34, 35 – 36
draughts, 197
cooking, 61, 168 – 69, 175 – 76
drinking vessels.
See
tableware
copyholders, 14 – 15
drinks, 169 – 70, 171, 173, 180 – 81
Cornwall, 8, 194
dyes, 94, 128, 129
cosmetics, 141
cottagers, 16 – 17, 39
Easter, 58, 80, 83
courts, 15, 30, 32, 33, 35, 42, 60;
education, 52 – 60.
See also
borough, 18, 19; church, 27, 28,
catechism; etiquette; grammar
37, 42, 51, 65; manorial, 13, 92;
schools; petty schools;
national, 34
universities
craftsmen, 39, 53, 96 – 97, 98, 103,
Edward VI, 1, 2, 26
105.
See also
tradesmen
eggs, 81, 83, 104, 167.
Cribbage, 198
See also
poultry
cricket, 194
elements, 237, 238
crime, 17, 22 – 24, 36, 185, 227.
Elizabeth I, 1 – 6, 89; childhood,
See also
law
48, 51; education, 59;
crop rotation, 92
entertainments, 189, 191, 193,
cross and pile, 198, 199
197, 200; religious policies, 26,
cuffs, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 138
28, 29
curtains, 75, 114, 118
embroidery, 129, 130 – 31, 135, 137,
customary tenants.
138, 140, 141; as a craft,
See
copyholders
58, 63, 77
enclosures, 15 – 16, 93
daggers, 130, 141, 192.
English language, 48 – 49
See also
knives
esquires, 11, 12, 20, 24, 103.
daily schedules, 57 – 58, 73 – 76
See also
gentlemen
dairy produce, 83, 88, 93, 167,
etiquette, 49 – 51, 74, 173 – 74
168, 170.
See also
cheese; whey
dancing, 58, 183 – 84, 188, 214 – 23.
fabric, 94, 103, 126 – 29.
See also
morris dancing
See also
linen; silk; wool
death.
See
mortality and death
fairs, 18, 80
Dee, John, 121, 232, 237
falling bands.
See
neckwear
dice, 184, 197 – 98, 207
fallow fields, 84, 86, 92
dinner, 57, 74, 77, 164, 165.
families, 39,
40
, 42,
136
.
See also
meals
See also
households
disease, 120 – 21, 229.
See also
famine, 6, 163.
See also
harvesting
mortality and death; plague
and harvests
distaffs, 81, 82
farthingales, 116, 134 – 35
doctors.
See
medicine; physicians;
fasting, 76 – 77, 82, 167
surgeons
fencing, 58, 191 – 92
272 Index
feudalism, 8 – 11, 69
guilds, 19 – 21, 68, 121.
fire, 73, 75, 106 – 7, 109 – 10, 115.
See also
apprentices; citizens;
See also
cooking; heating; light
journeymen
firearms, 51, 190, 193, 198
guns.
See
firearms
fish.
See
seafood, fasting
gypsies, 8, 22
fishing, 190
flax, 84, 86, 94, 110, 126.
hair, 139, 141 – 42
See also
linen
handkerchiefs, 54, 65, 141
floors, 109, 113 – 14
handwear, 141
flowers, 66, 69, 84, 88, 110, 114;
harvesting and harvests, 6, 86,
in food, 168, 177
87, 88
food, 104, 163 – 69.
hats.
See
headgear
See also
meals
hay, 85, 86,
87
, 92
football, 193 – 94
headgear, 117, 127, 139 – 40,
forks, 172
155 – 56, 173.
See also
hoods
Forman, Simon, 62, 121
heating, 114 – 15.
See also
fire
Fox and Geese, 197, 204 – 5
heights, 123
France, 2, 3, 5, 8
hemp, 84, 86, 110, 127.
freeholders, 14, 16, 39
See also
canvas
French language, 34, 57, 58
Henry VIII, 1, 10, 25 – 26, 31
fruit, 65, 110, 164, 167, 168
herbs, 68, 69, 110, 111, 114, 170,
funerals, 41, 70 – 71
177.
See also
seasonings
furnishings, 107, 116 – 18.
Hoby, Lady Margaret, 53, 77,
See also
beds; tables
188, 235
hockey, 194
gambling, 200
Hocktide, 83
games, 51 – 52, 193 – 99, 201 – 10
holidays and holy days, 77, 80 – 90,
gardens, 82 – 83, 110, 111 – 12, 119,
139, 184, 185, 188
167 – 68, 183
honey, 167, 170
garters, 65, 137 – 38, 158 – 59
hoods, 127, 140.
See also
headgear
gentlemen, 11 – 13, 39, 49
Hoodman Blind, 197
gifts, 45, 65, 65, 81, 82, 172
hooks and eyes, 134, 136, 140
girls, 42, 52, 53, 57, 58, 61
horn, 54, 97, 109, 132, 142, 171, 172
glasses.
See
drinking vessels;
hornbook, 53,
55
spectacles
horses, 93, 104, 227.
See also
riding
gloves, 65, 81, 141.
hose and stockings, 104, 117, 132,
See also
handwear
135, 137, 156 – 58
godparents, 44
hospitals, 21, 68 – 69, 120
government, 18 – 19, 30 – 33.
Hot Cockles, 197, 198
See also
courts; law
householders, 19, 39, 63, 75
gowns,
47
, 48, 117, 135, 138 – 39
households, 39 – 40.
grammar school, 57 – 58
See also
families
Greek language, 57, 59
houses, 107 – 15
grooming, 141 – 42.
humors, 122 – 23, 238
See also
hair; teeth; washing
hunting,
126
, 184, 189 – 90, 199
Index 273
hurling, 194
laundry, 41, 74, 75, 77, 129 – 30,
131
.
husbandmen, 16, 20
See also
cleaning; soap; washing
hygiene, 74, 118 – 19, 141 – 42, 174
law, 18 – 19, 28, 33 – 38, 59 – 60.
See also
Civil Law; Common
incomes.
See
wages
Law; courts; crime; government
inflation, 99.
See also
income;
lawyers, 14, 20, 28, 59 – 60
prices
leaseholders, 14, 16
inns, 175, 184, 187, 227, 228
leather, 97, 98, 108, 129, 130, 137,
Inns of Court, 59 – 60
139, 140, 141
Ireland, 5, 8
legumes, 81, 86, 92, 166, 168
iron.
See
metalworking
Lent, 79, 82 – 83, 167.
Italy, 8, 231
See also
fasting
letters, 228 – 29
James VI of Scotland ( James I of
life expectancy, 68.
England), 6
See also
mortality and death
jerkins, 137, 153
light, 75, 114 – 15.
See also
candles
Jesuits, 29
and candlesticks; lanterns
Jews, 30
linen, 94, 98, 103, 115, 119, 126 – 27,
jokes, 199
129.
See also
flax
journeymen, 19, 20, 63, 96
literacy, 53, 235.
See also
reading;
jousting, 191
writing
justice of the peace, 32