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Elizabeth I portrait...
Grant of the manor of Canons in Norton, Stow Maries and Purleigh (all in Essex) to Arthur Herrys. Beautifully written using a quill, it is a Royal grant and so depicts of image of the Queen in the captial 'E' of Elizabeth. Some of these charters were hand coloured in gold, red, blue and other bright...
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Map of Tudor Essex 1...
Map drawn by John Norden (1548-1626). Norden, a topographer, was the first Englishman to complete a series of county histories and geographies. The map was designed to be decorative, and therefore highly saleable. The original map measures 20.3cm by 26.7cm and is drawn at 1 inch to 2.75 miles....
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Map showing the Roya...
The map shows the route taken by Elizabeth I for her progress in 1561. The whole of the Court and a large retenue accompanied the Queen. The reasons for the progresses were to reduce the costs of Court, show 'Majestie' to the people and to avoid the plague in large cities. Can you trace her ro...
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Quills
A quill is a pen made from a bird feather. The strongest quills were those taken from living birds in spring from the five outer left wing feathers (as the feather would curve outwards when used by a right-handed writer). Goose feathers were the most commonly used. Swan feathers were of a premiu...
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Secretarie Alphabete...
Documents from Essex Record Office relating to life in Tudor Essex
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Tudor black jack tan...
A leather tankard used for drinking. It was lined with pitch to make it waterproof.
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Tudor Farming and Ho...
Document showing contemporary drawings of everyday Tudor household and farming objects. Each picture has a caption written in secretary hand. How many can you read?
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Tudor horn book
A horn book was a small, wooden paddle with one sheet of paper glued to it. Paper was very expensive, so it was covered with a very thin piece of cow's horn to protect it. On the paper there was usually the alphabet and a religious verse which children would copy to help them learn how to write.
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Tudor ink pot
Writing was done with quill pens that were dipped in ink. Ink pots like these were made of pottery with stoppers to seal them and prevent the ink from drying out. Do you know how ink was made?
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Tudor pounce pot
The ink used for writing stayed wet for some time. To absorb any excess ink, fine sand was sprinkled onto the paper or parchment from this sort of pot. The sand was then poured off the document leaving drier writing (hopefully!).
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Tudor spoons
Tudor spoons were made of wood, silver or pewter. Some spoons bore the initials or crests of their owners, others were simpler. Silver spoons were generally much sought after as a sign of wealth, and whatever was popular in silver was soon copied in pewter. Knives were also used for eating, bu...
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Tudor trencher
The trencher was a Tudor plate. The small dip on one side was to hold salt. Poorer people often used 3 or 4 day old bread cut into slices as trenchers, while richer people sometimes used bread trenchers on top of the wooden ones.
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Wax seal of Elizabet...
Wax seals were used as a form of identification as well as a way of closeing or sealing a document. The seal identified who the document was from, and if it arrived intact the recipient could tell that it had not been opened. Pictures on seals were usually a representation of the person the...
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