Sam Errigo
Jaike Silverberg
Brendan Yesil
Cody Stanco
Mod 1
Mrs. Adair & Ms.
Arellano
Law Enforcement
•Law Enforcement was enforced by the
Beadle or constables
•During the night they could call all of the
citizens to form a night watch
•If a criminal had to be chased then all the
citizens had to be involved or they would
get fined
•A thief that had the possession of stolen
goods would be hanged
The Curfew Bell
•The curfew bell would go off at 8 or 9 PM to
tell the smiths, brewers, and taverners that
the working day is over.
 “If
feudal England was an age of
community, Tudor England was one of
individuality” (Ross). Nobility and knights
were the top of the social ladder. The
biggest growth in society was within in
the merchants.
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“Most old noble families were Catholic, and most new noble
families were Protestant” (Ross). Many Catholic families
maintained private chaplains because of the new oaths of
allegiance to the Church of England.
High office had more debt than profit. Honorific offices had
nobles housing and entertaining at the office’s expense.
“Appointment to a post of foreign ambassador brought with
it terrible financial burdens. The ambassador was expected
to maintain a household of as many as 100 attendants”
(Ross).
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Latin was the language of literacy, aside from the success of
Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1589, Spenser's Faerie Queen was a display
of the English language being developed.
Plays and playwrights became larger after the year 1580, such as,
Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. Plays used to be
performed in the courtyard of hotels, whose design influenced the
design of theaters such as Shakespeare's “The Globe” (1599).
“Popular games included bowls, paume (the ancestor of
tennis), tilting at quintain, bull and bear-baiting, and
cockfighting” (Ross). Masques, a sort of play or spectacle
full of allegory replaced medieval tournaments.
When one would wish to
become get a job the
would need to go through
an apprenticeship. This
would last up to seven
years. They start as
apprentices then they
become journeymen and
was paid. Then they
become craftsmen and they
would have the opportunity
to submit one of their works
to a crafts guild and be
named a master of their
craft and own their own
shop.
House designs became more
balanced and symmetrical.
They focused more on comfort
and less to defense. Houses
were often built around an
inner courtyard. They made
the winter parlor it was an
ancestor of the modern dining
room. It was a family retreat
area, and privacy began to be
more important. Houses had
long gallery running the
length of the upper floor. It
was a place for walks, games,
and displaying art. One room
opened directly into the next.
This also meant that privacy
tended disappear.
“If a fugitive managed to
reach a church they could
claim the right of sanctuary
there for a period of 40
days. This meant that
someone would have to
stand watch outside the
church for the entire time to
ensure that the fugitive did
not escape, a duty that no
one wanted. Towns could
even be fined if the felon
escaped. At any one time in
the Middle Ages it has
been estimated that there
were as many as 1000
people in sanctuary
throughout England.”(Ross)
 Cloth
became more valuable in the Tudor
era, and a merchant class emerged to
meet the demands of cloth. The success
of wool led to the movement of building
wool churches.
 The importance of wool back then in
Tudor England is not exaggerated,
carvings on a monument In a wool church
say: “I thank God and ever shall, it was
the sheep that paid for all.
Abbey, land. "Elizabeth I and Elizabethan life in
England." UK travel and heritage - Britain Express UK
travel guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.britainexpress.com/History
"Medieval England - Medieval towns." UK travel and
heritage - Britain Express UK travel guide. N.p., n.d. Web.
1 Apr. 2012. <http://www.britainexpress.com/History