Tudor Monastery Farm (2013 - 2013)

A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.

This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.

The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.

The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.

The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.