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Click here for a Textease file about Poor People in Tudor Times


What do these sources of Historical information tell us about life for poor people in Tudor times?

This is a poorer person's home.  How is it different from the home of a rich man?
These vagabonds (homeless poor people) are being badly treated.  Read what a Tudor person had to say about vagabonds below.
Here is a happy poor person.  Look at her clothes.  How are they different from the clothes of richer people?

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"London was filthy but intriguing, lively but dangerous. And, in addition to its own poor, the city acted as a magnet for beggars, thieves and tricksters from across the country."
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Reconstruction of poor servants' clothing Reconstruction of poor people's clothing
A Vagrant being mistreated

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Look carefully at their clothes and hats.  It would have been very bad for a man to walk around without a hat.
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What are the girls and women wearing in these pictures?
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A beggar and a rich gentleman
Reconstruction of poor person's clothing Poorer people in the market

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Click HERE for an Inventory of David Tedder
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PowerPoints about Tudor Life

Tudor Food
Tudor Poor
Tudor Clothes

Tudor Banquet Costumes
Tudor Houses 1
Artefacts from Tudor Times

More about Tudor Food
Tudor Houses 2
Tudor Fashions

Rich and poor in Tudor Times















Life in Tudor Times
Tudor Inventories