What was life like for a Tudor lady? | Elizabethan England

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  • Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
  • This film, originally created by Kevin Hicks for examining board OCR, shows what life was like for a Tudor lady in Elizabethan England. It references topics such as overcrowding in London, the plague, trade, crime & punishment as well as poverty and failing harvests.
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  • @bostonrailfan2427
    @bostonrailfan2427 2 роки тому +72

    she deserved a BAFTA for this performance, she sounded and acted as if she was really speaking from the heart and not recreating it

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +11

      Haha, yes, Elaine is a great actress and a very lovely lady.

    • @firepowerg
      @firepowerg Рік тому

      She looks like Data from Star Trek TNG

    • @davidbnsmessex.5953
      @davidbnsmessex.5953 11 місяців тому +1

      When you say SHE it looks more like Kevin in drag .

  • @thedevilinthecircuit1414
    @thedevilinthecircuit1414 2 роки тому +58

    "I have a most BEAUTIFUL rug from Persia...wherever that is..." That is *cracking good* understated comedy! Wonderful performance by Ms. Freeborne. Thank you Kev!

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +11

      It was indeed. When I wrote it I could actually envisage Ms Freeborne in the role. I loved it when she reached for another bite of pie, that was unscripted, her own genius. Thanks for watching, I'll pass your comment on 👍🏻

    • @emileponcelet3439
      @emileponcelet3439 2 роки тому +3

      @@thehistorysquad I absolutely admire the fact you still check comments of old videos. It shows how much you are dedicated to us and the channel. I have definitely found a channel that I will absolutely love

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +8

      Thanks Emile, someone called us a 'community' the other day which was lovely as that's what I really feel we are. I love that people ALL over the world are watching and engaging with the history here and I do feel it's part of my job to acknowledge everyone that's taken their time to watch and comment. 👍🏻

    • @rebeccagutierrez1960
      @rebeccagutierrez1960 Рік тому +1

      Persia=Iran

  • @peteallyn412
    @peteallyn412 2 роки тому +45

    This is such a good way to learn, so much more hands on than an old history book. Video is a gift from God, we might as well make good use of it. This is a perfect example.

  • @IratePuffin
    @IratePuffin 2 роки тому +21

    This is like a painting come to life. Brilliant!

  • @RustyyMann
    @RustyyMann 2 роки тому +35

    That’s a seriously good performance, I must say

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +5

      LOL.... you know it wasn't me in drag 😜
      But joking aside the actress here, Elaine Freeborne, did a great job and had fun with it too. 👍🏻

    • @RustyyMann
      @RustyyMann 2 роки тому +3

      @@thehistorysquad That would have made for a interesting day at the office lol. Awesome job, she really sold it.

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +2

      @@RustyyMann Thanks, I'll pass the message on when I next speak to her 👍🏻

  • @emho5135
    @emho5135 2 роки тому +14

    Am I the only one that, for a second, expected Kevin in Tudor drag?

  • @vipeyv2280
    @vipeyv2280 Рік тому +10

    my god, this was such a phenomenal video and the actress for Lady Bess was amazing!

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  Рік тому +4

      We couldn't agree more! Elaine did a great job 👍🏻

  • @angeloflifelight
    @angeloflifelight Рік тому +8

    This was fantastic! I've got to look up the cloth trade collapse, I didn't think such a needed material would suffer that.

  • @WadeWeigle
    @WadeWeigle Рік тому +14

    I half expected this to be Kevin made up like a lady! Hahaha! I’m glad it wasn’t, I think his voice would be all wrong for the part.
    The lady whomever she is, did a wonderful job. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @tedgreen6
    @tedgreen6 11 місяців тому +1

    Kudos to the writer and director for this first-rate presentation. The actress is captivating. Loved it.

  • @coalescententity6651
    @coalescententity6651 5 місяців тому

    Lovely performance. Bravo to the lady.

  • @MrsLovelyPendragon
    @MrsLovelyPendragon Рік тому +1

    WOW she was AMAZING! I could watch her all day!

  • @FowCowMow
    @FowCowMow 2 роки тому +11

    These videos are fantastic

  • @ThaRealChuckD
    @ThaRealChuckD 2 роки тому +5

    Excellent performance! Well done! 👍

  • @eddiebradham5201
    @eddiebradham5201 7 місяців тому

    I wish I could find more videos like this, it's a great way to teach people about history.

  • @savevsdeath
    @savevsdeath 11 місяців тому

    Phenomenal. I enjoyed every second of this.

  • @souvikdas3636
    @souvikdas3636 Рік тому +2

    amazing actress Lady Elaine, amazing performance, bravo!!

  • @ljb8157
    @ljb8157 Рік тому

    Loved this! I'm so glad i found this channel!

  • @LaneLibra
    @LaneLibra 2 роки тому +2

    LOVED THIS VIDEO!!!

  • @hadrianwall9157
    @hadrianwall9157 Рік тому

    Most excellent. Only the second of these first hand accounts that I have seen but I love em.

  • @pershingii2424
    @pershingii2424 2 роки тому +1

    Nicely done. 👍

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Рік тому

    I just love this! Thank you!!!!!

  • @mrfancypants1188
    @mrfancypants1188 8 місяців тому

    I love this channel its the history lessons I always wished I'd had but never got

  • @claremerriman3213
    @claremerriman3213 2 роки тому +2

    That was really good 👍🏻

  • @ShitStaindGod
    @ShitStaindGod 2 роки тому +2

    These videos are great.

  • @jeffreymontgomery4091
    @jeffreymontgomery4091 2 роки тому +6

    I absolutely 💯 love this vid! Please please more like this! I have now lurked in the shadows of youtube since almost its beginning (2005), and say our 5his Channel shall be the 1st I consciously subscribe to in all this time some 17 years ago! I find the irony in this vid and direct/indirect parallels to our own time spot on! It's almost as if the events portraided here are somehow a reverse sort of future looking glass. By looking back ate we not also looking forward, for is history the judge of us all. We steer blindly it seems like into the future only looking at the rear view mirror as our guide. If this isn't profetic and telling, not sure what is. These "current day" social problems have been, are now, and perhaps always will be with mankind. Those who do not study and apply lessons from the past are perhaps forever doomed to repeat it!! Thanks again so much!

    • @jeffreymontgomery4091
      @jeffreymontgomery4091 2 роки тому +1

      And BOOM, rather "clicked" and am now SUBSCRIBED!!

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Jeffrey, thanks for watching, commenting and subscribing!
      So glad you're liking the videos 👍🏻

  • @user-ly6pl5ot9m
    @user-ly6pl5ot9m 2 роки тому +7

    Astonishing piece of scriptwriting and acting! ... and i must confess that this good woman who perfomed a Tudor-era lady awfully reminded of my ex-boss from college. Eeesh. This pure expectation of a chamber pot to be splashed upon your head from the second story and then to be scolded for idleness.
    Thank you!
    P.S.
    I understand that you have an already an awful lot on your plate to deal with, mr. Hicks, but would you be so kindly to think on a video about posh Georgian gentleman in a crazy but era-appropriate wig and ghostly pale make-up and a highly fashionable of the time beauty spot? It would be awesome to hear his opinion about new Window tax and those pesky colonials who've tossed tea into the Boston's harbour (wherever that is) and demand their representation in Parliament. Preposterous! Some people claiming that they are even considering a rebellion against our graceous king George III!
    Thanks again!

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +2

      Haha, thank you!!
      I'm actually studying Hogarth's London as we speak and am horrified if you want the truth about those with the wigs & whatnot. 👍🏻

  • @vickpena5265
    @vickpena5265 Рік тому

    This channel is awesome...

  • @leecountffl9826
    @leecountffl9826 2 роки тому +3

    My Dear Lady could be mistaken for describing London AD 2022.

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +3

      You're so right, there are lots of parallels that can be drawn 👍🏻

  • @rikijett310
    @rikijett310 2 роки тому +6

    Interesting how the camera pans across her food, drink, and riches as she bashes the needy and disabled. Then proclaims that she shall have a bite of pie before she goes to the show spending her pennies on luxuries at said show. Bawdy indeed!!

  • @samright4661
    @samright4661 Рік тому

    Phenomenal Acting!!

  • @fangslaughter1198
    @fangslaughter1198 Рік тому

    Thanks to the actor. The cinematographer as well. This was a surprise. A very pleasant surprise.

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  Рік тому +3

      Thanks Pat!! You do know this wasn't me in drag 😂
      Cheers buddy, I appreciate the SUPER 👍🏻

    • @jeffreyflynn5746
      @jeffreyflynn5746 Рік тому

      ​@@thehistorysquadlol😅😂

    • @jeffreyflynn5746
      @jeffreyflynn5746 Рік тому

      @thehistorysquad love the videos Kevin! Keep up the great work! 🙏

  • @screwthenet
    @screwthenet 5 місяців тому

    This was pretty good. I always appreciate a good history channel, and I see even more videos of yours I look forward to watching. SUBBED! ^~^ Be well!

  • @comtaar2245
    @comtaar2245 2 роки тому +24

    Sounds like present-day circumstances.

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +19

      That's so true, when you look into history you can draw so many parallels to today's culture and events. History really does repeat itself.

    • @JagerLange
      @JagerLange 2 роки тому +2

      Thankfully we don't need to consider the idea of affording Cheapside in the current day because I don't think anyone even lives there now, think it's just offices and sandwich shops or... or something.

    • @comtaar2245
      @comtaar2245 2 роки тому +2

      @@JagerLange thanks for the explanation. I know so little about the UK. Canadians only get a bit of history at school and unless you travel to the UK most of what you know is theory!

    • @comtaar2245
      @comtaar2245 2 роки тому +2

      @@JagerLange doesn’t Dickens write about Cheapside?

    • @JagerLange
      @JagerLange 2 роки тому +2

      @@comtaar2245 Possibly, but that was a while ago :P

  • @johnbest4513
    @johnbest4513 Рік тому +2

    The more things change, the more things stay the same.

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Рік тому

    Reminds me of some of the people who sere talking at the height of the Covid 19 pandemic etc.

  • @charlescorris3469
    @charlescorris3469 5 місяців тому

    Good stuff…

  • @terrigabriel582
    @terrigabriel582 8 місяців тому

    Like today...history repeats

  • @andyharding8630
    @andyharding8630 Рік тому

    Wow!how we have progressed.

  • @shazam3218
    @shazam3218 2 роки тому

    Granny !! I found you and need to come home now please !!

  • @stairwayunicorn4861
    @stairwayunicorn4861 2 роки тому +1

    This was almost prophetic

  • @rebeccagutierrez1960
    @rebeccagutierrez1960 Рік тому +2

    So history repeats itself.

  • @lightingkeys
    @lightingkeys Рік тому +1

    Sounds no different to the dwp now lol though a damn good whipping for the idle sounds just as good now as it did then to be fair 🤣

  • @primitive01234
    @primitive01234 2 роки тому

    ❤️❤️

  • @AnotherBrownAjah
    @AnotherBrownAjah Рік тому +3

    Dang I saw the thumbnail and I was really hoping it was you in that dress

  • @docstockandbarrel
    @docstockandbarrel Рік тому

    👍🏻

  • @n1msu
    @n1msu Рік тому

    The strangest thing about this video is that this lady could easily pass off as a slightly older Katie Hopkins. The sound of this lady's voice sounds similar too, and the words she's saying, well, even more similar. Elizabeth had the benefit though of being a product of her time. I have been taught about QEI up to second year degree level, I still think she's awesome. Unlike that other poor woman I mentioned. Also no offence again to the actress narrating! This was a fantastic way of giving a rough idea to people of the sort of things QEI had to deal with that isn't taught in school.

  • @sona7973
    @sona7973 5 місяців тому

    The resemblance between hard times, economy and degenerates then and NOW is eerie... such shame.

  • @davidlong3824
    @davidlong3824 2 роки тому +27

    That’s why when I had a date I always like to see the mother first.

  • @dhireshnandha3319
    @dhireshnandha3319 Рік тому

    ♥️♥️♥️👌

  • @duck8712
    @duck8712 Рік тому

    Was hoping Kevin would play the Tudor woman but good video nonetheless.

  • @benjamindover2601
    @benjamindover2601 2 роки тому +2

    Bond, James Bond. License to beg.

  • @benjaminzedrine
    @benjaminzedrine 2 роки тому

    Not bad.

  • @RichMitch
    @RichMitch Рік тому +2

    I'm wounded that it's not you in drag, Kevin 😂

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  Рік тому +2

      🤣 we did consider it but Elaine here made a much better job.

  • @Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan
    @Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan 11 місяців тому

    ✝️

  • @zacksvoboda6050
    @zacksvoboda6050 2 роки тому +1

    What was the reason for the crazy amounts of makeup?

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +7

      It's actually what was worn in the day. Call it the fashion.

    • @zacksvoboda6050
      @zacksvoboda6050 2 роки тому

      @@thehistorysquad Thank you for a reply? Is there a historical reason they wore so much makeup? Something to do with hygiene practices at the time? Pale faces considered beautiful?

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  2 роки тому +7

      @@zacksvoboda6050 pale faces were considered beautiful, but more than that the thick makeup helped to smooth the skin and cover up pock marks. Also it was lead based which of course we now know as being poisonous.

    • @AngryBulldogg
      @AngryBulldogg 2 роки тому +1

      Wow lead based foundation. Learn something new every day.

  • @BaronFeydRautha
    @BaronFeydRautha Рік тому +1

    At least we can be thankful that Smell-O-Vision isn't a thing. People must have STANK back then.

  • @soma4u289
    @soma4u289 2 роки тому

    What a Doll. Well maybe nothing has changed.

  • @pamelaminor696
    @pamelaminor696 4 місяці тому

    Some things never change. People were upset by the homeless. Interesting that the only help there was came from the Catholic church which Henery had abolished.

  • @doyouhaveawristband
    @doyouhaveawristband Рік тому

    They look as crazy as they were

  • @shanek6582
    @shanek6582 2 роки тому +3

    I really had to look to make sure that wasn’t Kevin dressed up he’s such a character, I’m still not 100% it’s not lol.

  • @kasie680
    @kasie680 10 місяців тому

    Where’s Bess’s forehead??? 😂

  • @farpointgamingdirect
    @farpointgamingdirect 5 місяців тому

    The makeup styles of the time are shocking

  • @grantwithington2513
    @grantwithington2513 3 дні тому

    Things haven't changed much

  • @Austrian_blood
    @Austrian_blood 2 роки тому +3

    Kevin, you should have dressed in drag and done this peice.🤣

  • @winniedhaouadi1973
    @winniedhaouadi1973 10 місяців тому

    Hahaha
    I think in that time not that color lipstick.

    • @thehistorysquad
      @thehistorysquad  10 місяців тому +2

      No, you'd be wrong there. Queen Elizabeth revived red lipstick's popularity with her signature look of alabaster skin with crimson lips. At this time, red lipstick was made from beeswax and red plant-based dyes, and was worn only by upper class women. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

  • @PortsladeBySea
    @PortsladeBySea Рік тому +1

    Was this lady a former relative of Prime Minister Liz Truss? 😂😰😂

  • @andrewegan7011
    @andrewegan7011 Місяць тому

    Polical correctness belittled this by blaming the weather above everything else.

  • @captainmeowzers
    @captainmeowzers 2 роки тому +10

    The original Karen

  • @Oh_ItsClips_ItsClips
    @Oh_ItsClips_ItsClips Місяць тому

    I thought this was a man

  • @firepowerg
    @firepowerg Рік тому

    This speech was written by Nigel Farage!

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Рік тому

    Sounds like a Trump supporter.