Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon

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

Lighting homes with animal fat rushlights

Ordinary people relied on rushlights made of rushes dipped in animal fat for light, as beeswax candles were too expensive.