The evidence about the Prichard family from Llancaiach Fawr in
south Wales tells you about their work and their way of life. There
is information about the following categories: - their home
- their diet
- clothing
- entertainment
- women's lives
- their servants
- their lives
Look at the following sources. Each one contains information
about the Prichard family. Find out what each source describes and
drag the source number to the correct place or places in the table
below. Source 2 Directions for such who intend to be laundry-maids in great
houses If you would have the esteem credit and reputation of the
complete laundry-maid, you must observe the following
directions. First, you must take care of all the linen in the house (except
points and laces) and whatever you wash do it quickly and do not
let it lye and shrink and go yellow, and so create yourself the
trouble of washing it again before it be used. Secondly, you must take care that all the bracks and rents in
the linen be duly mended. Thirdly, keep your certain days for washing of your linen, and
other days for washing of such rooms as are appointed to you to
wash and keep clean. Fourthly, you must be sparing and not lavish and wasteful of
your sope, fire and candle. Fifthly, entertain no Charwoman unknown to your Lady or
Mistress. Sixthly, be careful that your Tubs and Copper, or whatever else
you make use of be kept clean, and in good repair. Seventhly, you must be careful that you rise early every
morning, but more especially on washing days. | Source 3 |  | © Living and Working in Tudor Wales,
ESIS |
Source 4 From a book of advice to women about how they should act as
wives. "If you intend to be a good wife, and live comfortably, accept
this. My husband is my superior and my better. He has authority and
rules over me. Nature has given it to him. God has given it to
him." (W Whately, The Bride Bush, 1617) | Source 5 |  | Photograph: Harry Williams |
Source 6 In a gentry household boys dressed like their fathers, but not
until they were 6 or 7 years old. Up to that age they wore more or less the same as girls. |  | © Marquess of Bath, Longleat House,
Warminster, Wiltshire |
Source 7 The Daily Diet Glamorgan was a prosperous county and the gentry had a varied
and nutritious diet: - Meat: beef, mutton, rabbit, veal and lamb
- Fish: salmon, eels, whiting, herring, salt fish
- Game: chicken, turkeys, venison, ducks, geese, woodcock
- Dairy: butter, eggs, milk, cheese
- Fruit: apples, pears, strawberries, cherries, gooseberries and
others in season, various imported currants and raisins
- Vegetables: cabbage, carrots, onions, beans, parsnips, turnips,
swedes, many salad vegetables (including several we no longer
cultivate)
- Spices and herbs: aniseed, cloves, mace, cinnamon, nutmeg,
pepper, rice, saffron, salt, sugar
Source 8 Four stages of the farming year. |  | © Tudor Country Life, Fincham |
Source 9 |  | Photograph: Miriam Norton |
Source 10 |  | © Living and Working in Tudor Wales,
ESIS |
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