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Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset

Palace of Placentia, 2 Mar 1499 – Hatfield House, 29 Jun 1500

8 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born2 Mar 1499, Palace of Placentianot verified1 source
  • Died29 Jun 1500, Hatfield Housenot verified1 source
  • FatherHenry VII of Englandnot verified1 source
  • MotherElizabeth of Yorknot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 2 Mar 1499

    Born in Palace of Placentia

  2. 29 Jun 1500

    Dies in Hatfield House, aged 1

Family

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Parents

During his lifetime

He lived through 2 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Palace of Placentia.

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

The 1490s · Edmund is born in Palace of Placentia

What people wore

Around 1500–1524

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.

Daily life

Around 1500–1524

Open fire cooking and cookshops

Cooking usually took place over an open fire, often involving stews in a cauldron or roasting meat on a spit. Many poorer people lacked cooking facilities at home and relied on cookshops for takeaway food.

Work

Around 1500–1524

Workdays started before daybreak

The working day typically began before daybreak, often around 4 or 5 a.m., and lasted until sunset.

Music

Around 1500–1524

Paying Minstrels for Parish Festivals

Parish records show that minstrel hire for Whitsuntide festivities was common, with payments reaching up to 8s 4d for a single minstrel in 1533.

At the table

Around 1500–1524

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.

Getting around

Around 1500–1524

Carts were for cargo, not people

Carts and wagons were used to transport cargo, not people, and passengers who rode in them sat on the floor among straw or baggage. These vehicles were extremely slow and were widely considered an uncomfortable or shameful way for a person to travel.

What it cost

Around 1500–1524

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.