In this week's Claire Chats, I talk about the advice given to Tudor people about sleeping and I look at what they actually slept on.
Sources and Further Reading
- Claire Chats video on Tudor medicine - click here.
- A Compendyous Regyment or a Dyetary of Helth, Andrew Boorde - Read the chapter at https://archive.org/stream/b2190277x#page/244/mode/2up
- A Description of England, William Harrison - As I said in the video, his work was used on Holinshed's Chronicle, see http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/holinshed/texts.php?text1=1577_0068 "Of the maner of Buylding and furniture of our houses".
- Bedknobs and truckle beds at Little Moreton Hall, National Trust - http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/little-moreton-hall/visitor-information/article-1355820541651/
- Beds in Late Medieval and Tudor Times - http://www.oldandinteresting.com/medieval-renaissance-beds.aspx
- History of the Home, Dr Lucy Worsley - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/history_of_home.shtml See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyJ2x_u4uM&feature=youtu.be for an excerpt from Lucy Worsley.
- Sleep Tight! Going to bed in Medieval and Tudor England, Amy Licence - http://authorherstorianparent.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/sleep-tight-going-to-bed-in-medieval.html
- Tristan Quilt, V&A Museum - http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O98183/the-tristan-quilt-bed-cover-
- Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard
- The Great Bed of Ware, V&A Museum - http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-great-bed-of-ware/, http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9138/bed-great-bed-of-ware/ and the video at http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-great-bed-of-ware/
- The marriage bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York - Dr Jonathan Foyle's research and evidence can be read at http://gio6v3sgme0lorck1bp74b12.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bed-of-Roses-leaflet.pdf See photos of the bed at http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-32157409
Great Bed of Ware
Did anyone else see the news story about Elizabeth Hurley deciding to plop herself on the Great Bed of Ware in the Victoria and Albert museum?
She wanted a picture of herself on the Great Bed of Ware, and got herself booted from the museum by security.
I’d pay to see the security video.
No, I missed that!
Great info here!! Loved this 🙂
Loved this! Thanks Claire! Night night 😉