Tudor Apprentices, Educational Resource, From Master File, Life in Tudor Timesm

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SAMPLE PAGE MASTER FILE KS2 LIFE IN TUDOR TIMES

TUDOR APPRENTICES

This drawing shows an apprentice at work in Tudor times.

Who were apprentices?

What is the apprentice in the drawing doing?

The following account is taken from his diary. Suppose you are the apprentice and write an account of your day.

6 am	Rise. Wake my master.
6.10 am	Breakfast.
6.30 am	Start work.
9 am	Make copies of master's correspondence.
9.30 am	Pack goods ready for despatch.
10.30 am	Watch goods are loaded on a ship.
11.30 am	Back at work learning my trade.
7 pm	Finish my work.
	Quarrelled with another apprentice. Fought him.
9 pm	Returned to master's house just as the curfew bell struck at 9 pm.

3a.

What correspondence would you be copying?

3b.

What goods would you be packing?

3c.

Why would these goods be loaded on to a ship?

What was the curfew bell and why was it needed?

Before a master took a boy as an apprentice, an agreement was made and a sum of
money changed hands.

5a.

Name the agreement.

5b.

How long did these agreements last in Tudor Times?

5c.

What did the master agree to?

5d.

What did the apprentice promise?

5e.

What was the sum of money called for and who paid it?

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Tudor history. Drawing and questions detailing the life and work of a boy apprentice.
From Master File, Life in Tudor Times, Key Stage 2 for 7 - 11 year olds.