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Male servant
The servants are taken from a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1566. Peasant and servants dress remained very much the same for decades.
2.
Female servant
3.
Boozy old knight
1.
Merchant family c.1570's
2.
Merchant
Merchant and his wife
A country professional gentleman
He was made to be a country herbalist
The wool trade flourished in Tudor times, bringing great riches to the wool
merchants and anyone connected with that lucrative trade. It was also a
time of great class distinction. A law was passed forbidding anyone below
the class of merchant to wear silk. Thereby underlining both the upper
classes, and securing the massive use of wool.
5.
A country family
6.
A cook
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A young kitchen drab
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A farmer's wife going to market
9.
A pipe and drum man.
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A "Lady of the Town"
She is wearing green sleeves. Ladies of the night wore these as a badge of their profession - hence the song Henry VIII may have written - Greensleves.
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An Inn Keeper - theatrical
Turn of the century
12.
A troop of strolling players performing
NB. Place your mouse over this image to view a close-up the King and Queen.
