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Mary Stuart

Palace of Placentia, 8 Apr 1605 – Stanwell, 16 Sep 1607

8 facts2 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born8 Apr 1605, Palace of Placentianot verified1 source
  • Died16 Sep 1607, Stanwellnot verified1 source
  • FatherJames VI and Inot verified1 source
  • MotherAnne of Denmarknot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 8 Apr 1605

    Born in Palace of Placentia

  2. 16 Sep 1607

    Dies in Stanwell, aged 2

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 · Mary 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

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

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

Walking and Horseback Travel Speeds

Most ordinary people travelled on foot or horseback, with pedestrians typically covering around 3 miles per hour and riders averaging 5 miles per hour.

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

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

Education and early childhood labor

Boys might attend petty school from age five to learn English, while poor children often started working full-time at age seven.