Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Rich During The Elizabethan Era
- "A description of England"
- William Harrison
- Published in 1577
- Houses made of brick and stone
- Windows made of glass
- Feathered pillows
- Servants
- Male help costs £2
- Female help costs £1
- Average wealthy home can afford around 6 domestic staff
- Exceptionally rich homes can afford up to 20 domestic staff
- Man of the house would often beat servants
- Is allowed to punish servants as long as he does not kill them
- Even so, there will likely be no punishment
- Most likely live with their masters
- Cook
- Clean
- Look after children
- Fashion
- Wealthy women would decorate hair in jewels
- Hair was taken care of because they could afford linen and water
- Coloured dye was expensive
- Needs to be imported from other countries
- Women must not show arms or legs, but breast is acceptable
- Increasing popularity of neck collars called ruffs
- Social Events
- Entitled to better seats at the Globe Theatre
- Many banquets and gatherings
- Queen may pay an overnight visit
- Expense of food, help, renovation, decoration and entertainment
- Food
- Entitled to the luxury of meat
- Venison
- Lamb
- Eel
- Beef
- Salmon
- Fowl
- Shellfish
- The rich did not eat many fruit or vegetables
- 'Simple food'
- More prone to bladder infections, scurvy and kidney stones
- How did people become better off in the 16th century?
- Getting important jobs in Parliament
- Marrying into wealthy families
- Investing in overseas voyages
- Bringing back goods from overseas voyages
- Using land
- Gaining profit on:
- Rearing sheep
- Mining
- Making iron
- Rising food prices
- Farmers making bigger profits
- Buying monastery
- Buying land off Henry VIII and renting to farmers