Daily Life in Elizabethan England (55 page)

literature, 187

livestock, 92, 93, 110, 113.

kayles, 196

See also
horses; poultry; sheep

kerchiefs, 138

locks, 109, 227, 228

kirtles, 132

loggats, 196, 198

kitchens, 110, 113, 116, 117, 168 – 69,

London, 68, 99,
106
,
112
, 118, 121;

175 – 76

educational institutions, 59 – 60;

knights, 11, 20, 39, 103

foreign inhabitants, 8;

knitting, 41, 61, 137 – 38, 139, 140

population, 17; religious

knives, 117, 140, 171, 172,
173
.

groups, 29 – 30; theaters, 6, 184

See also
daggers; penknives;

lotteries, 200

tableware

Low Countries, 3 – 5, 8, 126

laborers, 17, 74, 103

lace, 66, 74, 97, 130, 132, 138, 140.

magic, 81, 187, 236 – 37, 239

See also
points

makeup.
See
cosmetics

land and landholdings, 9 – 10,

manners.
See
etiquette

14 – 17, 18, 69

manor house, 105, 110 – 12

languages, 8, 57, 58.
See also
English

manorialism, 8 – 9, 13, 14 – 17,

language; French language;

35, 69

Greek language; Latin

maps, 232 – 33

language

markets, 18, 73, 74,
98
, 105 – 106.

lanterns, 75,
76
, 97, 117.

See also
shops and shopkeepers

See also
light

Marlowe, Christopher, 6, 187, 234

Latin language, 34, 57, 59

marriage, 28, 63 – 67

274 Index

Mary Stuart ( Mary Queen of

news, 187, 199

Scots), 2, 3, 4

New World, 4, 6, 168, 171, 229

Mary Tudor ( Bloody Mary),

New Year’s Day, 79, 81

1, 2, 187

nightgowns, 131, 132

matches, 115, 198

Nine Men’s Morris, 197

mathematics.
See
arithmetic and

nine-pegs, 196

mathematics

noblemen.
See
aristocracy

maygames and parish ales, 84, 85,

nuts, 88, 90, 110, 167

184, 189, 200, 201

meals, 74 – 75, 104, 163 – 65, 175 – 76.

oats, 81, 92, 93, 166

See also
breakfast; dinner;

old age, 68 – 69

supper

open-field agriculture.

measurements, 103, 166

See
champion agriculture

meat, 164, 166 – 67, 168

orphans, 21

medicine, 121 – 22, 237, 238;

medical education, 59, 60;

parents, 39 – 40, 47 – 48, 50, 51, 65,

women as practitioners, 58, 58,

68, 74, 75

61, 110, 122.
See also
physicians;

parish, 22, 26 – 27, 33, 66, 84.

surgeons

See also
church; maygames

merchants, 39, 97, 230 – 31

Parliament, 11, 16, 30 – 31, 33,

metalworking, 17, 95 – 96, 97, 105

59, 103

Middle Ages, 1, 33, 239; influence

peas.
See
legumes

on social structure, 8 – 10, 11, 12,

penknives, 54

14, 25

Penny Prick, 196

midwives, 43, 122

pens, 54 – 55

militia.
See
army and militia

perfume, 141

milk.
See
dairy produce

petticoats, 132, 134 – 35, 148 – 49

mills, 94, 105

petty school, 41, 53

mirrors, 141, 142

Philip II of Spain, 2, 3

monarch, 9, 11, 28, 31 – 32

physicians, 14, 20, 121 – 22.

monasteries, 10, 26 – 27

See also
medicine, surgeons

money, 99 – 104.
See also
income;

pies, 90, 179 – 80

prices

pigs, 89, 92, 110, 168

morris dancing, 184, 189,
190
,

pins, 97, 140, 200

198, 201

plague, 6, 121.
See also
disease

mortality and death, 43, 46 – 47,

plates.
See
tableware; trenchers

69 – 70

plays.
See
theater and theaters

music, 57, 58, 60, 183 – 84, 188.

pockets, 135, 140

See also
dancing; psalms;

poetry, 6, 184

songs

points, 140, 200

police.
See
constable, watch

names, 45 – 46

Poor Laws, 22, 33

napkins, 171, 172, 174

Pope, 2, 3, 29

neckwear, 127, 138, 159

population, 8, 17 – 18

Netherlands.
See
Low Countries

pouches, 140.
See also
purses

Index 275

poultry, 110, 120, 166 – 67, 169.

sanitation, 68, 119.
See also
privies

See also
livestock

schools.
See
education

poverty, 17, 21 – 22, 68 – 69

science, 59, 237 – 38

prayer, 54, 75, 74, 77, 173 – 74

Scotland, 2, 3, 8

prices, 103 – 104

seafood, 167, 168.
See also
fasting

priests, 20, 26 – 27, 49, 77, 78.

seasonings, 168.
See also
herbs;

See also
church; clergy

spices

Prisoner’s Base, 196

Separatists, 27, 29 – 30, 80

privies, 119.
See also
sanitation

sermons, 77, 78

Privy Council, 31 – 32, 232

servants, 17, 20, 43, 61, 73, 172

Protestantism, 2, 26, 29 – 30, 78,

sexuality, 28, 50, 67 – 68, 82

235.
See also
Puritans;

Shakespeare, William, 6, 24, 30,

Separatists

86, 87

psalms, 77

sheep, 85, 92, 93 – 94.

Puritans, 29 – 30, 46, 63, 188; social

See also
livestock

critiques by, 77 – 78, 85, 127, 188,

ships and boats,
5
, 229 – 31

189, 191, 200.
See also
Separatists

shirts, 117, 130 – 31, 150 – 51

purses, 117, 140

shoes, 117, 132, 138, 159

shops and shopkeepers,
18
, 96 – 98,

quarterstaves, 192

128.
See also
markets

queen.
See
monarch

Shovelboard, 198, 199

quoits, 195, 204

shuttlecock, 195

silk, 104, 127, 128, 130, 137

races, 191, 196, 198

skirts.
See
petticoats

reading, 53 – 54, 77, 187, 235

skittles, 196

recycling, 98, 120, 198

sleeping, 23, 74, 75.
See also
beds

religion, 25, 234 – 35.

smocks, 75, 131, 142 – 44

See also
Catholicism; church;

soap, 96, 104, 119, 129.

Protestantism; Puritans;

See also
laundry; washing

Separatists

solicitors.
See
lawyers

rents, 9 – 10, 13, 15 – 16

songs, 188, 210 – 14.
See also
psalms

riddles, 199

Southwark, 33, 68, 185

riding, 197, 199.
See also
horses

Spain, 2, 3 – 5, 8

rings, 66, 141.
See also
jewelry

spectacles, 141

roads and streets, 105 – 106, 226 – 27

spices, 65, 104, 168, 170.

Robin Hood, 84, 114, 200

See also
seasonings

rolls ( bumrolls),
133
, 134, 147 – 48

spinning, 41, 61, 94

roofs, 109

spoons, 45, 97, 107, 171 – 72,
173
.

ruffs.
See
neckwear

See also
tableware

rye, 92, 93, 166

squires.
See
esquires

stockings.
See
hose

saints, 26, 46, 80 – 90

Stoolball, 194, 198, 199, 202 – 204

saints’ days, 80 – 90, 183.

straw, 86, 87, 93, 108, 109,

See also
holidays and holy days

110, 114

salt, 117, 123, 168, 169, 172

streets.
See
roads and streets

276 Index

Stubbes, Phillip, 127, 188, 189, 191,

vegetables, 110, 111, 167, 168, 178

194

Venetian breeches, 136, 151 – 53

sugar, 44, 96, 104, 167, 170

vermin, 109, 114, 119 – 20

Sundays, 77 – 78, 139, 188, 200.

villages, 14 – 17, 92 – 93, 104 – 105

See also
weekly schedules

violence, 190 – 91, 192, 200

supper, 74 – 75, 164

surgeons, 121, 122.

wages.
See
incomes

See also
medicine; physicians

Wales, 8, 82, 97, 170, 194

swimming, 58, 196

washing, 74, 77, 118 – 19, 172, 173.

swords, 130, 140 – 41, 191 – 92

See also
cleaning; grooming;

hygiene; laundry; soap

tables, 116.
See also
furnishings

Wassail, 81, 90, 171

tableware, 107, 171 – 73

watch, 35, 75, 86

taverns, 175

water, 75, 105, 118

taxes, 22, 31, 103 – 104.

water power.
See
blast furnace;