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| It's that time again!!! It's Tudor Trivia Tuesday!!! |
1) The first almanac known to have been printed in England
was the Sheapheards Kalendar, translated from the French, and printed by
Richard Pynson in 1497.
2) In France, a decree of Henry III., in 1579, forbade all
makers of almanacs to prophesy, directly or indirectly, concerning affairs
either of the state or of individuals.
3) In the county of Norfolk, in 1519, 3 yards of blacke
satten cost 21s.
4) The Cinque Ports was the name of a confederation of five
key ports for the defense of England.
The ports were Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich. Winchelsea and Rye were added as early as the
12th century but the name
remained “Cinque” (five) because the name had come to refer to the territory
rather than the number of cities. In
times of invasion across the channel, or defense from the same, the Warden of
the Cinque Ports was charged with mustering all ships in the ports for
conversion to military service. In the
time of the parsimonious Queen Elizabeth I, the subsidy provided to the ports
by the crown on such occasions was reduced from £500 to £300.
5) In 1567, the standard rate to English traders with Russia
for elk hides was 6s. 8d. per hide.
6) In a 18 Aprill 1567 letter from the
Merchant Adventurers Of England, in London, to their agents in Russia, the governors William Garrard and Rowland Hayward complain that:
“The charges of houskeping are double as much as they were
wont to be, which causeth vs to iudge a riotousnes, remisnes and Idlenes of our
servuntes; therfore we desire Master Jenckinson and you to make a frugall
proportion of fare per man in every house and a commandement to be giuen not to
exced;…” and that “Certaine of our servuntes and stipendaries be suspected of
horedom, Incontinency, dronckennes and Idellnes; if they do not amende ship
them home, for where ether of these vices do raigne is no dilligence or
faithfull dealling.”
7) In 1559, Queen Elizabeth granted the first royal charter
to the Keepers or Wardens and Commonalty of the Art or Mystery of Salters (i.e.
The Salters Company).
8) In 1541, the Grocer’s Company ordered “the evil pepper
surnamed ginger” to be burned throughout the kingdom.
9) In 1558, the Grocer’s Company lent Queen Mary £7555.
10) John Norden provides the following list of market days
for the market towns in Hartfordshire in his 1598 description of the county:
SAINT
ALBONS, which hath market on the Saterday.
BARNET on
the Munday.
BARKHAMSTEAD
on the Munday.
BALDOCK a
little market on the Thursday.
BVNTINGFORD
on the Munday.
BARKWAY on
the Fryday.
HEMSTED on
the Thursday.
HARTFORD on
the Saterday.
HODDESDON on
the Thursday.
HITCH-END on
the RICKMANSWORTH on the Saterday.
ROYSTON on
the Wednesday.
STORTFORD, a
very good market on the Thursday.
SABRIDGWORTH
on the Wednesday,
TRINGE a
little market on the Fryday.
WAYRE on the Tuesday.
Also at Virtual Grub Street:
- The Fascinating Itinerary of the Gelosi Troupe, 1576. June 10, 2019. “The Spanish soldiers had not been paid and unpaid soldiers tend to rob and loot. The citizens were prepared to give them a fight. Violent flare ups were occurring everywhere.”
- A Thousand Years of English Terms. June 2, 2019. ‘One person did not say to another, “Meet you at three o’clock”. There was no clock to be o’. But the church bell rang the hour of Nones and you arranged to meet “upon the Nones bell”.’
- A Most Curious Account of the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth I: April 28, 1603. April 28, 2019. “Once it was clear that James I would face no serious challenges, Cecil and the others could begin to give attention to the matter of the Queen’s funeral.”
- The Battle Over Shakespeare's Early and Late Plays. September 24, 2018. “The answers to the post-Oxford dilemma, of course, are three.”
- Stratford Shakespeare’s Undersized Grave. July 22, 2018. “Mr. Coll’s considers this evidence to support an old rumor that Shakspere’s head had been stolen in 1794. But I submit that he is merely making his observation based upon a coincidence.”
- Check out the English Renaissance Article Index for many more articles and reviews about this fascinating time and about the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
1 comment:
Re #9 - talk about bad timing
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