Life back in the 1500s All about life back then. By Ellie Miller

Mary became Queen of Scots when she was only 6 days old. She was to small but. Mary’s mum was her regent after she was crowned. A regent is someone who takes your place as king or queen when your small. When you are older you take your place back as king or queen.

 Rich men had puffy shoulders.  Some men had a feather on there hat.  Rich lady’s wore big puffy stick out dresses.  The rich lady’s also wore make up all over there face.  The lady’s waists were tight.  They also had big padded sleeves and shoulders.  The woman’s dresses were made of silk and sewn with gold thread. Rich clothes

 Rich lived in big palaces and castles.  Commoners would have lived in simple little houses.  Rich wouldn’t like messing with commoners.  Commoners probably didn’t like the rich because they were like show offs. Rich

 People liked to play tennis. There bats were a bit different from now.  They also liked to sew just the same as the now.  They played something that looked like a guitar but wasn’t.  They liked jousting, hunting, dancing and fencing Things people did back then

 They ate a lot of animals.  They ate animals like peacocks and rabbit.  There food was not that posh.  They also ate spiders.  The poor didn’t have all this fancy food.  The children got to drink wine even if they were only 15!  They also ate deer and lamb  They ate swan geese.  Rich loved there food.  They ate all sorts of meat.  The rich would use silver spoons.  The poor would use wooden spoons. Food

 Poor people wore shabby and ragged clothes.  They also had patches sowed on to there clothes.  They looked like they wore floppy torn hats. Poor

 If you had a sore back then you wear donkey skin.  If you were just sick you would get leeches put on you.  The leeches would suck out the bad things inside so you would just have good things in your body. Sickness

 Before the first toilet was made they used a wooden hole in a stall.  The waste would go into a pit.  When they went on holiday people had to clean the waste in the pit.  The first toilet ever made was created by the Tudors. It was gold Waste

 The rich have their own coat of arms.  They rarely did any work.  They also played some games we play today like chess. The Rich

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