A Visit to Tudor London in 1536: Inns, Markets and Daily Life

Just arrived in Tudor London, 1536, and no, no, no, no, oh, oh, that is, okay, that is fish and smoke and something I genuinely cannot name, and I have made a mistake coming this way.

So the plan is I'm going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the market, see how people actually live here, eat whatever they eat, and then later I am meeting the actual king. Yep, Henry VIII in person. Oh, and thank you so much guys for all the support on my channel,

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So one thing I've noticed about Tudor London, these buildings are just, they lean, they literally lean into each other up there, like they're holding each other up.

So I think they might know I'm not from here. Okay, so this is where I'm staying, the Boar's Head Inn, sounds ominous.

There were hundreds of these little inns by the 1530s, they offered food, drink, rooms, and a place to stable your horse. Whatever people were gossiping about in here, this was the real news of Tudor London.

Okay, I just, I just need the key. Excuse me. Hi, I'm checking into my room, it's in the name of Chloe. okay so these staircases are just they're tiny I feel like I'm like I don't know like a giant or something these people were built completely differently to me like Jesus Christ oh it's kind of cute in a medieval kind of

way so the mattress is straw actual straw the stuff horses eat oh god I've just noticed the bathroom yeah that pot is the bathroom didn't have one of these since my ancient Rome trip my view is just Tudor life like unfiltered happening right now right outside my window anyway let's get changed into

something more Tudor okay new outfit linen shift underneath woolen killer on top overdress over that and the coif on the head it is itchy very itchy but I need to blend in let's go see Tudor London can you believe this place I mean it's so authentic it's like stepping back in time a pig I was just taken out

by a Tudor pig in my new outfit day one okay so cheap side is the main market street of Tudor London right now and I was not I was not prepared for the volume every single person in this street is selling something or buying something or moving something and everyone is doing it at the absolute top

of their voice so apparently eel pie was eaten a lot here and I have always wanted to try a good British pie so here goes it's um it's quite earthy But also kind of sweet like I was not expecting the sweet not bad actually that kid is about 10 years old And he has already started his apprenticeship

Like this is his life now. He will do this trade for the rest of his life probably in this exact workshop There is no school for him. No childhood in the way. We understand it. He is actually really good at it though So this is Fleet Street 1536 this right here is basically the internet

This is how news travels how gossip spreads how the king controls what people think and Henry the eighth Already knows exactly how dangerous this is. He started censoring printed works just a few years ago. Okay, so everyone is