Living in Tudor and Stuart Sussex c 1500-1700

An exploration of how people in the Tudor and Stuart periods made a living, what they wore, where they lived and worshipped, and how they were helped if they became very poor.

An exploration of how people in the Tudor and Stuart periods made a living, what they wore, where they lived and worshipped, and how they were helped if they became very poor. The associated handbook will include a brief overview of key events such as the closure of the monasteries by Henry VIII, and the emergence of England as a Protestant nation, the attempt by Spain to invade England and the failure of the Spanish Armada, the English Civil War and Commonwealth, and the restoration of the Stuarts as monarchs.