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Lucy Walter

Roch Castle, 1630 – Paris, Sep 1658

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Facts and their sources

  • Born1630, Roch Castlenot verified1 source
  • DiedSep 1658, Parisnot verified1 source
  • FatherRichard Walternot verified1 source
  • MotherElizabeth Protheroenot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1630

    Born in Roch Castle

  2. 19 Apr 1649

    A son is born

  3. Sep 1658

    Dies in Paris

Family

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Parents

Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 3 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Roch Castle.

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

The 1630s · Lucy is born in Roch Castle

In the news1631

First French newspaper is founded

Théophraste Renaudot founded La Gazette in 1631, which became the first newspaper in France.

Getting around

Carriages stuck in the mud

Carriages sometimes required a team of sturdy laborers on both sides to prop them up so they would not overturn in deep mud.

In the news1630–1631

Great famine causes mass starvation

A series of continuous rains in 1630 led to widespread crop failures, causing a severe famine that lasted from August 1630 until May 1631 and caused massive demographic losses.

Daily life

Candles and open fires lit homes

Lighting and cooking relied heavily on fire: people used candles for light and open fires for cooking. Many houses were built close together and often of wood, increasing the risk of fire.

What people wore

Identical left and right shoes

Women's shoes had no distinction between left and right feet at this time. Both were identical.

Music

Psalm Books as Treasured Possessions

Commoners and nobility alike cherished psalm books, which were sometimes bound with bibles and could be easily carried in a purse due to their small size.

At the table

Beer and ale safer than water

Most people avoided water because it was rarely clean and could spread disease, so they drank beer or ale made from malted barley and water. Beer was the cheapest drink because its higher alcohol helped it last; some beers were aged for up to two years.