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Elizabeth Blount

Kinlet, 1500 – 1539

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Facts and their sources

  • Born1500, Kinletnot verified1 source
  • Died1539not verified1 source
  • FatherJohn Blountnot verified1 source
  • MotherCatherine Pershallnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1500

    Born in Kinlet

  2. 25 Jun 1519

    A son is born

  3. 1539

    Dies

Family

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Parents

Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Kinlet.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1500s · Elizabeth is born in Kinlet

In the news1503

Royal marriage of 1503

King James IV and Margaret Tudor were married in 1503, an event known as the marriage of the Thistle and the Rose.

At the table

Workers drank over 4 liters of beer

Manual workers were expected to consume a massive daily allowance of 4 quarts, or over 4 liters, of beer.

What people wore

Limited wardrobes for the commoners

Many ordinary people owned only one set of clothes for daytime wear and lacked dedicated sleepwear, opting to sleep in their smocks and nightcaps.

Getting around

Walking was the primary way to travel

Most ordinary people traveled on foot, as walking was the standard mode of transport and carriages were exclusive to the elite. A trip to the local market town often required an entire day to walk there and back.

What it cost

Cost of Basic Food Items

A loaf of bread (24 oz) cost 1 penny, and 1 pound of cheese cost 1 1/2 pence. A skilled worker could buy a dozen eggs for 4d and a pound of cheese for 1 1/2d with their daily wage.

Music

Nightly Patrols by Civic Musicians

Civic musicians called waits often patrolled town streets at night on winter nights, providing entertainment and calling out the time or weather.

Daily life

Inexpensive rushlights versus luxury beeswax

Rushlights, made from dried plant pith dipped in tallow, were a common and inexpensive light source for the poor. In contrast, beeswax candles were luxury items, costing up to six times more than tallow.