Preparing a large dinner party can certainly be a headache. Sorting out a menu, going shopping, followed by endless chopping and simmering can prove stressful for even the most organised host.Wilson, Cate
I hope that your visit to Penshurst Place will enable your pupils to bring the history of Tudor times alive. Viscount De L'Isle CONTENTS Chronology of Penshurst Place 1485—1603 The Barons Hall How the hall was used and daily life in Tudor times Food Tudor Music Armour The West Solar (...
if the truth were told. He had, after all, been up since four o’clock that morning and the food, drink and warm fire were all conspiring to close his eyes, but his companion, big Bill Cole, with a strange edge to his voice, had just asked John Fuller what happened ...
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in June King Edward changed the wording of the Device to ‘The Lady Jane and her heirs male.’ Further arguments for excluding Mary and Elizabeth centred on their legitimacy – open to question after Henry VIII had, at various times, declared them both illegitimate – and the fear that they...
Roast potatoes and yorkshires had been forgotten as had half our order so we had to ask a few times for this. Not sure if short-staffed but the pub itself was less than half full on this Sunday afternoon. We didn’t bother to order dessert. Nice band playing indoors for those...