What would poor Tudors wear?

What would poor Tudors wear?

Poor people wore simple, loose-fitting clothes made from woollen cloth. Most men wore trousers made from wool and a tunic which came down to just above their knee. Women wore a dress of wool that went down to the ground. They often wore an apron over this and a cloth bonnet on their heads.

What did poor children wear in Tudor times?

Life was harsh and often the poor were forced to revert to stealing; if found guilty they were whipped in front of their villagers. If you were poor, your clothing options were limited – children, men and women wore loose and simple fitting wool tunics and women would often wear an apron and bonnet – to accessorise!

Why was Tudor clothing so important?

In Tudor times, clothes were a symbol of class and wealth. There were strict rules in force stating what could and could not be worn. These Sumptuary Laws, as they were called, were intended to maintain distinctions between the social classes by limiting the wearing of finer fabrics to the nobility.

What did poor Tudor houses look like?

A poor Tudor home would have had holes in the wall for windows and some might have had wooden shutters to keep out draughts. Poor people’s houses would have consisted of one single room where all the family lived and slept. The floor would have been earth and the walls and roof would have been straw, mud and dung.

What did poor Tudors eat?

The poor ate whatever meat they could find, such as rabbits, blackbirds, pheasants, partridges, hens, ducks, and pigeons, and also fish they caught from lakes and rivers. Meanwhile, the rich people also ate more costly varieties of meat, such as swan, peafowl, geese, boar, and deer (venison).

What kind of clothes did the Tudors wear?

Tudor Clothes for the Poor. The Sumptuary Laws were designed to limit the spending of Tudor people on clothes and to maintain the social structure of the Tudor Class System. Inexpensive materials and fabrics including wool, linen and sheepskin were limited to low status clothing of the poor.

What was life like for poor people in Tudor times?

Poor Tudor families lived in very basic homes, often in one or two rooms. They slept on mattresses stuffed with straw and the floors were of bare earth. It was often very difficult to find work in Tudor times, particularly in years when the harvests were bad, and there were thousands of poor people wandering the country looking for work.

What did the poor wear in medieval times?

Women wore a dress of wool that extended down to the ground. They often wore an apron over their dresses and a cloth bonnet on their heads. An interesting fact is that the taller the hat the more important the man was. The following table shows the clothes of the poor:

Why did the Tudors wear ruffs and stomachers?

Everyone wore their hair shoulder length. Why did the Tudors wear ruffs and why did the ladies wear stomachers and have to cover themselves up? It was all to do with fashion, a bit like ripped jeans are today. It was the in thing to wear ruffs and for ladies to make their stomachs as small as they could by wearing corsets and wide skirts.