William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison

At the table

Street food included boiled sheep's feet

Street hawkers sold ready-to-eat treats including pancakes, spiced gingerbread, and a boiled sheep's feet delicacy.

What people wore

Simple attire for common men

Common men's wardrobes were functional and simple, typically consisting of a shirt, breeches often made of leather, a waistcoat, and a heavy wool coat.

Getting around

Slow Pace of Early Coaches

Early coaches were slow and uncomfortable, often moving at a walking pace of about 2 to 3 miles per hour because of poor road conditions.

What it cost

Daily wages for English laborers

In the early seventeenth century, unskilled labourers typically earned fourpence to fivepence per day, while skilled labourers earned sixpence to eightpence.

Music

Ale as payment for musicians

Ale was commonly known as fiddlers' wages, as itinerant musicians frequently performed in taverns and alehouses in exchange for drink, food, or money.

Daily life

Fetching water from public conduits

Most poor families collected water from public conduits or communal street pumps because private piped water was rare.