The Elizabethan People

by Henry Thew Stephenson

The Elizabethan People

By

Henry Thew Stephenson

Associate Professor of English
Indiana University

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1912

Archery Match.

Copyright, 1910,

by

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

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Published February, 1910

TO
MY WIFE

CONTENTS

chapter		page
I.	The Elizabethan Character	1
II.	Country Life and Character	36
III.	Life in the Capital	66
IV.	Amusements in General	102
V.	Rural Sports	110
VI.	Celebrations of the Calendar	144
VII.	Out-of-Door Sports	176
VIII.	Indoor Amusements	195
IX.	The Love of Spectacles	227
X.	Popular Superstition	266
XI.	Birth—Baptism—Marriage—Death⁠	283
XII.	Ghosts—Fairies—Witches	317
XIII.	Domestic Life	344
Index		403

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Archery Match	Frontispiece
Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel. Edmund Spenser. Illustrative of Elizabethan ruffs	34
The Quadrangle, Leicester's Hospital, Warwick, illustrating timber and plaster framework; also court with galleries	36
The Gateway, Leicester's Hospital, Warwick, illustrating ornamental woodwork and plaster construction	44
The Great Hall, Warwick Castle	48
The Stratford Portrait of Shakespeare, illustrating the soft band	53
The Droeshout "Original" Portrait of Shakespeare, illustratinq the starched band	60
The Chandos Portrait of Shakespeare, illustrating the soft band	64
Marquis of Hamilton. Sir Philip Sidney. Illustrative of falling bands	76
Richard Burbage. John Lowin. Illustrative of falling bands	84
George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland. Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. Illustrative of Elizabethan hats	100
Hawking	116
Trained Bears	124
Trained Animals	133
Trick Horses	140
The Quintain	156
The Quintain	180
The Water Quintain	192
Playing Cards	204
Frost Fair on the Thames	220
Tilting	228
Tilting at the Ring	236
Tilting at the Quintain	236
A Court Dinner in the Time of King James	246
An Old House in Grub Street, London, illustrating timber construction	252
Carved Exterior of Sir Paul Pindar's House, London, illustrating ornamental exterior woodwork	260
Anne Hathaway's Cottage	268
Longleat. Illustrative of straight lines as an element of design	276
The Duke's House, Bradford on Avon, Illustrating the irregularity of exterior construction	280
The Great Hall, Charlecote	284
The Gallery at Haddon Hall	288
The Library, Charlecote	292
A Ceiling in Sir Paul Pindar's House, London	296
A Ceiling in Oldbourne Hall, London	300
Ornamental Ceiling in Crosby Hall, London	304
Painted Ceiling in Crosby Hall, London	308
Ornamental Ceiling in the Nunnery of St. Helen's, London	312
Room in Sir Paul Pindar's House, London	316
Interior of a House in Crutched Friars, London	320
Grotesque Carving of a House in Crutched Friars, London	324
Fireplace in Oldbourne Hall, London	328
Moll Frith, "The Roaring Girl"	332
Robe of Civic Dignitary	336
Two portraits of Queen Elizabeth, illustrating wide buff and elaborate headdress	340
Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset. Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln. Illustrative of Elizabethan hats	344
Elizabethan Ruffs	348
Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney, illustrating the ruff worn with armour	352
The Droeshout engraving of Shakespeare prefixed to the first folio, illustrating starched band and embroidered doublet	356
John Fletcher. Henry, Prince of Wales. Illustrative of falling bands	360
Queen Elizabeth. Illustrative of the large farthingale	364
Farthingale and Hose	358
Francis de Valois. Illustrative of short hose and cape	372
Sir Walter Raleigh. Illustrative of garters and roses	376
An Elizabethan Bed	380
Oak Chest supported on frame	384
An Elizabethan Chest	338
An Elizabethan Oak Chest	392
An Elizabethan Olive Wood Chest	396