Talk:Tudor London

Things to be added
This article is in need of some love! Here are some things we could add/ expand:

-Theatre and bear-baiting- DONE

-Palaces built in this period, e.g. Hampton Court, St. James', Chelsea, Nonsuch- DONE

-The Reformation and selling-off of church land, Edwardian Reformation, Marian Restoration, Religious Settlement of 1559, Catholic persecution under Elizabeth

-Legal quays

-Bridewells and the first workhouses- DONE

-The Golden Hinde- DONE

-Woolwich Arsenal and Deptford shipyards, Henri Grace a Dieu- DONE

-Demographics

-Markets, e.g. Leadenhall, Gracechurch Street, Eastcheap, Smithfield, Billingsgate, Stocks, Queenhithe, Borough (London Bridge)

-Development of Covent Garden- DONE

-Old London Bridge and Nonsuch House- DONE

-Executions at the Tower, burnings at Smithfields

-Foreign arrivals, e.g. merchants from Ghana, the Moroccan ambassador

Miscellaneous: -War with France and Scotland in 1542, and war with France in 1557. In 1543, London mustered 100 men, and in 1544, 500 men. In 1545, 100 men were sent to join the Royal navy. London also hosted troops from other areas on their way to the Continent.

JRennocks (talk) 15:56, 17 April 2023 (UTC)