Tudor people were just like us, they loved their animals, but how much do you know about the pets of the Tudors? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz.
Tudor Pets
Correct! The resident cat, used as a "mouser" today, in 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister's residence in London, is thought to date back to this.
Wrong! It was Cardinal Wolsey. The resident cat, used as a "mouser" today, in 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister's residence in London, is thought to date back to this.
Correct! He had to offer rewards for their safe return.
Wrong! It was Henry VIII. He had to offer rewards for their safe return.
Correct. There is a story that the lion turned on Thomas Wyatt the Elder and attacked him. Wyatt had the presence of mind to grab his rapier and run it through the lion’s heart. When Henry VIII heard of this story, he commented "Oh, he will tame lions".
Wrong! It was the Wyatts. There is a story that the lion turned on Thomas Wyatt the Elder and attacked him. Wyatt had the presence of mind to grab his rapier and run it through the lion’s heart. When Henry VIII heard of this story, he commented "Oh, he will tame lions".
Correct! He was the ship's ratter and DNA testing has shown that he was a mongrel, his mother being a whippet and his father a terrier.
Wrong! He was a dog. He was the ship's ratter and DNA testing has shown that he was a mongrel, his mother being a whippet and his father a terrier.
Correct!
Wrong! It was a spaniel.
Correct! He was a magnificent Barb stallion sent to Henry VIII by Federigo Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua and owner of the famous Gonzaga stables of Mantua in Italy.
Wrong! He was a horse. Federigo Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua and owner of the famous Gonzaga stables of Mantua in Italy, sent him to Henry VIII.
Correct! "Itm the same daye paied for A Cowe that Uryren a Breretons greyhounde and my ladye Annes killed - x s." 25 September 1530
Wrong! They had killed a cow. "Itm the same daye paied for A Cowe that Uryren a Breretons greyhounde and my ladye Annes killed - x s." 25 September 1530
Correct! He was named after Stephen Gardiner and Catherine was not a fan of the bishop and found it amusing to call Gardiner to heel!
Wrong! He was named after Stephen Gardiner and Catherine was not a fan of the bishop and found it amusing to call Gardiner to heel!
Correct!
Wrong! It was Mary, Queen of Scots.
Correct! He is recorded as being "dead of a fall", so possibly out of a window.
Wrong! He died "of a fall", possibly falling out of a window.
You can find out more about Tudor pets in my talk from last year - click here.
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