The Tudors at Wollaton Hall

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The Tudors at Wollaton Hall

• Tudor life through the eyes of three Wollaton
  residents

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Introduction

• This great house appeared on Nottinghams skyline
  in 1587. It was built to entertain and impress. A
  wealthy and powerful family lived here and they
  can tell us much about the Tudors.
• Inside we can meet some of the people who lived
  and worked in this house back in 1588.

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Winifred Willoughby

• Inside Winifred is practicing her needlework
  skills. She is ten years old and her handiwork
  can be seen all over the house. She uses the
  skills she learnt from her mother to decorate the
  familys clothing and furnishings.

This is where she practices her stitches and
tests colour patterns. It acts like her sketch
book.
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Winifred Willoughby

• Winifred has made this cap for her father, Sir
  Francis Willoughby. He dresses in fine clothes to
  show his wealth and power.

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Sir Francis Willoughby

• Winifreds father, Francis Willoughby has spent a
  huge fortune building Wollaton Hall. His greatest
  hope is that Queen Elizabeth herself will one day
  visit.

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Sir Francis Willoughby

• Franciss wealth and power would have made others
  jealous. Valuable objects at the Hall will have
  been locked away and lists were kept of
  everything Francis owned.
• We know from letters that he even fell out with
  his own family over money.

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Sir Francis Willoughby

• We know that Francis held grand banquets at
  Wollaton from the records left behind. His great
  new house entertained many wealthy guests and
  employed a large number of staff.

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Robert Redhyll

• This is what Francis paid his kitchen boy for 12
  days work in the kitchens at Wollaton Hall. One
  such boy was called Robert Redhyll.

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Robert Redhyll

• This is where Robert would have spent most of his
  working day. He had to turn the spit and put wood
  on the fire to cook the roast meats for the
  guests upstairs. He would have to be strong and
  fit to do this work.

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Robert Redhyll

• Robert will have know what this object is. This
  pot once contained an ointment for soothing
  burns. With his job, it is just the kind of thing
  he needed!

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Robert Redhyll

• Robert and the other servants at Wollaton Hall
  would not have worn expensive clothes like the
  Willoughbys wore. Many masters of houses like
  Wollaton provided a uniform or livery for their
  servants. This wool cap was the kind of thing
  they would have worn.