The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-02
IN TUDOR TIMES.
Wealth ia Amazing Stores Of Silver and
Gold Plate-Tho Court life.


The brilliant court life of the later Tu-
dor times was q new thing in English
history. In earlier days it had not been
the fashion for the great land owners to
forsake their es.-tes and live nc Tower
Hill or Shoe lane with following Of
hundred or two Of gcntlemen in livery Of
white frieze, lined with crimson tafetas.
and to spend two or three times their
yearly income in merry life Of dicing,
card playing and hunting in Gray's Inn
Fields, Islington and Highgate, and in
buying dresses fine enough 10 ad0rn
court pageants and professions where
the greatest mobiles Of the land accepted
the honor Of bearing the queens litter.
The country noble or gentleman ofrhe
time Of Edward ~ and Henry VII had
other business and other ambitions. lie
was not, indeed, a home keeping man;
he had to be away at French wars. or
fighting on the Scotch border. or leading
leyies hither and thither TO put down q
rebellion or TO set one going. or 90 make
"a raid on his neighbors property. But
whether he was a successful soldier or
"a good Cotswold shepherd, or pros
porous lawyer, or wealthy judge, he
remained true provincial IN heart and
in interests Booty was tO DE had i'm
france. event ~ Scotland' therewas none
in London. On the contrary, journey
TO the capital needed the one thing that
mobiles and landowners never had-rcady
money in the purse. If country lord
had TO attend parliament, supply OF
oA's ana corn was carried Tor the horses
10 save lne expenses oil DIS pursei his
"iie managed INC Dig Aou.ehoi1 ana e5-
lales III inc country ana rom London
an army oil servants rode backward ana
forward continuity To- leleh provisions
nom ''ei''' anu 'o''''7 anu S"i'ni5 'u"'
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..' o.'4" '"' .o' d '''' '''e u'''' " ere 30,
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i''' s''"' ga" 0'''''s VI '"7 country
nous,' were ple" up Win sliehuiu loOes,
cioln ~ Soil' Hs"Ieu sallls' oainasA ana
SILK ana Nei'ets ana me CLOTHS were
heaped together with fich iufs oil inarlen
ana beaver Sir Jonn fasloii had thirty
hNe coverings Tor ms head-hoods OF
satin' russell ana velvet straw mats mats
OH beaver lined with oainask giit ana the
hhe, To- suit ms various robes Ohains OF
gold oil the 'old fashion ana the new,
collars OF gold covered with roses and
suns precious stones women.s girdies
OF cloth of gold harnossed with gold, or
with SILVER elit worked by famous FOR
eisn makers made iully as brave a show
ID lhetiileenth century as I'D the one that |
came after
But the real wealth Of the mobiles lay /
in their amazing stores of gold and sil- /
yer plate Fast0lf had laid up In his |
treasure tower and i'm the safe rooms of |
monasteries vessels that weighed over |
10000 ounces, besides the plate in his /
buffers pantry. We read of cwers and |
goblets and platters of gold; great chars- /
ers Of silver, weighing 200 ounces or /
more; a fagon of silver of 35l ounces; /
others with goid Ferees ana ehaneieu /