The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England (82 page)

shipwrights 207

shoehorns 169, 177

shoe-makers 18, 353

shoes and boots 163, 169–71, 177, 183, 187, 188 (buskins 169, 183; chopins 169; clogs 169; galoshes 183; gamaches 183; heeled 169–70; mules 169, 171; pantofles 162, 169, 188; pumps 162, 169, 183; slippers 162, 169, 178; start-ups 183; turn-over shoes 162; turn-shoes 169)

Shooter’s Hill 202–3

shops, shopping 12, 18, 34, 109, 139, 145–8, 150, 170, 236, 238, 336

Shottery 15

shovegroat 325, 326

Shrewsbury School 106

Shrewsbury, countess of
see
Bess of Hardwick

Shropshire 77, 368

Shute, John (d.1563) 223

shuttle-makers 54

Siberia 113

Sidney, Sir Philip (1554–86) 3, 185, 322, 346–9, 350 sightseeing 320–2

silk 146, 158, 162–5, 170, 174, 177–80, 182, 184, 188, 192, 226, 231 (damask 100, 111, 158, 162, 164, 170, 311; grosgrain 158; sarcenet 158, 182; satin 157, 158, 165, 168–70, 179, 188; taffeta 158, 161, 165, 169, 182, 184, 188, 226, 303; velvet 99, 157, 158, 161, 162, 165, 169, 170, 173, 175, 180, 182, 184, 188, 311);
see also
camlet; cyprus; tinsel

silkmen, silkwomen 53, 163–4

silverware 221, 231, 237, 247–50, 252, 253, 326

singing
see
music

Sittingbourne 200

skinners 53

Skinners Company
see
London

slaughtermen, slaughtering 145, 225, 244, 252, 336

slavery, slaves 118–20, 215, 217

sleigh-makers 53

Smallbone, Thomas (d.1608) 282

smallpox
see
illnesses

smell, sense of 176, 266–8, 269–71, 274, 276;
see also
perfume

Smith, Jefferie (d.1597) 233, 234

Smith, Richard 114–5

Smithfield
see
London

smiths
see
blackmiths

smoking
see
tobacco

Smythe, Christopher 58

Smythe, Dorothy 58

Smythson, Robert (1534/5–1614) 224, 227

snakeskin 287

soap 189, 231, 269;
see also
lye

Society of Antiquaries 130–1

Socrates (469–399
BC
) 68

sodomy 75

soldiers 109, 202, 203, 297, 354

Somers, Joan 318

Somerset 23, 222

Somerville Plot (1583) 43

Sonning 197

Soriano, Michiel 95, 116

Southern Cross 210, 211

Southwark
see
London

Spain, Spanish 6, 21, 23, 83, 85, 94, 108, 111–14, 116, 117, 143, 159, 160, 183, 189, 206–8, 214–17, 223, 245, 254, 261, 262, 294–6, 329;
see also
Aragon; Castile; fashion

Spanish Armada 4, 41, 61, 206, 207, 279, 325

Spanish language 68

speed
see
travel

Spenser, Edmund (1552?–99) 3, 185, 346–9

spices 231, 245, 247, 255, 259, 263 (aniseed 276, 289; cinnamon 252, 255, 256, 261, 277; cloves 177, 256, 257, 276; cumin 177, 276; galingale 276; ginger 252, 261,
see also
gingerbread; mace 250, 256, 257, 285; nutmeg 177, 256, 286; pepper 248, 251, 252, 256, 257; saffron 254; sugar 109, 114, 243, 246, 249, 250, 252–5, 257, 261, 285, 322, 360)

spies 117, 294, 295

spinning wheels 232

sponges 274

spoons 212, 231, 232, 235, 247, 249, 254, 259, 269

spurs 187

Sri Lanka (Taprobane) 123

Staffordshire 130, 227, 230

stainers 53

Stanley, Henry (1531–93), earl of Derby 225

Staple Inn
see
London

Staple, Thomas (d.1558) 274

Star Chamber 44, 104, 294, 301, 319

starch 117, 159, 167

Starkyn, Elizabeth 58

Starkyn, Richard 58

starvation
see
food shortages

stationers 34, 53, 348

Stationers Company
see
London

Sternhold, Thomas (d.1549) 339

stocks 310, 311

Stonesfield 235

stoneware 260, 263

Stonor Park 84

Story, Dr John (1503/4–71) 295, 304

Stourbridge 199

Stow, John (1524/5–1605) 25, 33, 35, 82, 117, 130, 193, 327

Stowe, Eme 58

Stratford, John (
c
.1275–1348), archbishop of Canterbury 11

Stratford-upon-Avon 10–19, 35, 38, 56, 80, 109, 232, 241, 253, 289, 316, 355, 363 (Bridge Street 12; Church Street 11; Ely Street 12; grammar school 11, 107; Guild of the Holy Cross 11, 13; Henley Street 12–14, 348; High Street 12, 14; New Place 11, 15, 50; population of 15, 17; Sheep Street 12; Stratford Bridge 10, 11, 19, 197, 198; Wood Street 12)

Streate, Edward (d.1599) 55

Stubbes, Philip (
c
.1555–
c
.1610) 73, 99, 104, 105, 161–2, 167–70, 173, 176, 180–2, 184, 190, 330–1, 335, 343, 344

Stubbs, John (
c
.1541–90) 42, 104, 310

succession
see
Elizabeth

suckets
see
sweetmeats

Suffolk 349

sugar
see spices

sulphuric acid 276

sumptuary laws 157–8, 178, 357

sundials 142, 228

superstition 123–8, 360

supper 246–8

Supremacy, Oath of
see
Oath

surgeons, surgery 18, 53, 62, 74, 103, 187, 212–3, 264, 277, 284, 287–91, 303, 368, 384;
see also
barber-surgeons

Surrey 55, 183, 195, 222, 232, 233, 235, 236, 320

Sussex 23, 85, 110, 195, 368

Sussex, earl of
see
Radcliffe

Sutton Courtenay 198

Sutton, Surrey 233

swallows 286

swans 30;
see also
meat

sweating sickness
see
illnesses

Sweden, Swedish 113, 143

sweetmeats 249, 254, 255

swimming 105–7, 274, 329

Switzerland, Swiss 25, 193;
see also
Platter

sword swallower 322

swords
see
weapons

Sylvester, Joshua (1562/3–1618) 346, 350

symbolism 159–160, 174, 175

syphilis
see
illnesses

table linen 98, 154, 219, 220, 247

tables (game) 213, 325

taffeta
see
silk

tailors 12, 18, 53, 161, 183, 184, 188

Talbot, Elizabeth (Bess of Hardwick) (1527?–1608), countess of Shrewsbury 198, 223, 225

Talbot, Thomas (
c
.1535–95x9) 130

Tallis, Thomas (
c
. 1505–85) 339, 340

Tally, Simon (d.1588) 237, 254, 260, 261

tanners, tanyards 13, 54

tapestries 28, 219, 220, 221, 225, 226, 231, 232, 237, 321, 326, 359

Taprobane
see
Sri Lanka

Tarlton, Richard (d.1588) 355

taverns
see
alehouses

taxation 25, 45, 48, 51, 61

Taylor, John (the Water Poet) (1578–1653) 194, 345, 349

Taylor, Thomas (d.1583) 236–7

teeth 154, 212, 272, 273, 275–7, 286, 382

Teign, River 196

tennis 106, 325, 346

Terence (d.159
BC
) 107

Thames, River 27, 29, 30, 197, 204, 205, 239–40, 269, 274, 293

thatchers 56

Thavie’s Inn
see
London

theatre companies
see
plays

theatres
see
London

Theobalds 222, 226, 229, 234

theology 6, 75, 82, 90, 108

theriac 281

Thevet, André (1516–90) 118

thieves
see
crime, highwaymen

Thirty-Nine Articles 81, 83, 91

Thorndon Hall 152

Throgmorton Plot (1583) 43, 294

Thynne, Maria,
née
Touchet (
c
. 1578–1611) 124

Thynne, Sir John (1512/13–80) 222

Thynne, Sir Thomas (d.1639) 124

Tichborne, Chidiock (1563–86) 305, 344

tigers 114, 321

timber 21, 30–1, 113, 230, 236, 308

time, telling the 141–3, 213

tinderboxes 146

tinkers 53

tinsel 157

tinsmiths 18

tinware 30, 219, 231, 235

Tixall Manor 227, 230

tobacco 76, 323–4

Todd, Isabel 317

toilets
see
latrines

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), shogun of Japan 113

toothdrawer 277

Topsham 205

Torbay 113

torture 5, 48, 84, 85, 87–9, 92, 96, 294, 295, 321

transubstantiation 78, 83

travel 85, 109–115, 134, 161, 170, 218, 242, 274, 298, 315 (speed of 200–1; waterborne 203–17)

treason, high 2, 5, 31, 43, 46, 83–5, 101, 149, 293, 295, 296, 304–6, 320

treason, petty 5, 153, 306, 309

treen
see
woodenware

Tresham, Sir Thomas (1543–1605) 225

Trinity College Dublin 108

Trinity House 214

Tripoli 215

Trivium
108

Trumps 325

Truro 136

tuckers 53

Tully
see
Cicero

tumbrel 66, 311, 314

Tunis 215

Turkey, Turks 115, 117, 118, 237, 262, 295, 344;
see also
fashion

Turner, William (1509/10–68) 123

turpentine 285

Tusser, Thomas (
c
. 1524–80) 102, 258

tutors 105–7;
see also
Ascham; schoolmasters

Tyburn
see
London

Tyler, Margaret (
fl
. 1558–78) 68

Tyndale, William (
c
.1494–1536) 102

typhoid fever
see
illnesses

typhus
see
illnesses

Tyrrell, Anthony (1552–1615) 43, 84

unemployment 151

unicorn’s tail 321

units of measurement 143–5, 147

Unton, Sir Edward (1534–82) 114

Uppingham School 106

upright men 297, 300

urinals 227, 278

uroscopy 277–8

Utrecht 160

vagabonds
see
homelessness

vagrancy
see
homelessness

Valladolid 82

Vardine, Katherine 153, 284

Vaughan, William 247, 272, 276

vegetables
see
fruit and vegetables.

velvet
see
silk

Venice, Venetians 15, 114–6, 143, 204, 237, 259, 273;
see also
fashion; Magno; Schifanoya; Soriano

Vere, Edward de (1550–1604), earl of Oxford 100, 346

verjuice 231, 250, 255, 256, 259