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How The Tudors Did Their Laundry | Tudor Monastery | Absolute History
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The monastery enlists the help of the team to restore a corrody room which would have been granted to an elderly worker as a form of pension. The room needs a new floor so the boys gather and roast limestone in order to make lime putty. Ruth is in charge of the home comforts and harvests rushes from the river to make a mattress. Uploaded 16-07-20 The Abbot is planning a big feast to entertain a patron - a good way to encourage the wealthier members of society to make large donations. In preparation...
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500 years ago, England was emerging into a new era. After years of war, plague and famine, the kingdom was enjoying peace and prosperity under the reign of the first Tudor king, Henry VII.
A new class of business-savvy farmer was thriving, boosting for the first time in history. A new class of business-savvy farmer was thriving, boosting food production...
And then over she goes. ..while wool from their sheep was generating half the nation's wealth. Many of the nation's farms were under the control of the biggest landowner in England after the king, the Monasteries.
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