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Sophia of England

Palace of Placentia, 22 Jun 1606 – Palace of Placentia, 23 Jun 1606

9 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born22 Jun 1606, Palace of Placentianot verified1 source
  • EventInfant deathnot verified1 source
  • Died23 Jun 1606, Palace of Placentianot verified1 source
  • FatherJames VI and Inot verified1 source
  • MotherAnne of Denmarknot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 22 Jun 1606

    Born in Palace of Placentia

  2. 23 Jun 1606

    Dies in Palace of Placentia, aged 0

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

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

The 1600s · Sophia is born in Palace of Placentia

In the news1603

London bubonic plague epidemic

A major outbreak of bubonic plague killed between 29,000 and 40,000 people in London, forcing theaters to close.

At the table

Ale and beer replaced water daily

Ordinary people avoided water because it was considered unhealthy, instead consuming about one gallon of ale or beer per day.

What people wore

Respectability through Sunday best

To maintain respectability despite limited income, common people kept a wardrobe with at least two outfits, saving the better one for Sundays, holidays, and leisure.

Getting around

Everyday Travel for Work and Market

People regularly travelled between towns for work and trade, such as a 14-mile walk to return home from weaving or travelling 6 miles to sell crops at market.

What it cost

Typical food prices in England

When bread cost a penny a pound, cheese cost threepence a pound, and butter cost fivepence to sixpence a pound.

Music

Music in daily trade and life

Music was ubiquitous, with tinkers singing catches, milkmaids singing ballads, and barbers keeping instruments like lutes and citterns in their shops for customers to play.

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.