Things to do in Elizabethan times...

Games

Drinking may be done in taverns, ale houses, or tippling houses.
Gambling is gaming (game-ing).
Playing with dice is dicing. A good dice game is Hazard, rather like Craps.
The word for backgammon is tables. The "acey-deucy" version is called the Corsican game. You can lose a good deal of money in a tabling den.
Two good period card games are Primero and Taroccho (ta-RO-koh), played with tarot cards.
A whore house or stew is also a bawdy house or a leaping house or a shugging den.
A drab is a woman of low character or a prostitute. A punk is a whore who may work in a stew. Working girls in Southwark in the domain of the Bishop of Winchester are also called Winchester geese.
A drabber is someone who spends too much time with such women.
Tennis is played indoors, sometimes for high stakes

Filling the Time

As we know, there is nothing as dangerous as a bored nobleman (unless it's an unemployed soldier). These are some of the ways--besides hunting--that a courtier at Court might fill his or her time.
Gossip, of course. But, like flirting, you can do that anywhere, especially while doing almost any of the following.
Tennis is popular. It's played indoors or in a high-walled outdoor court. (The grass court comes into use in 1591.)
The ball is made of leather and stuffed with hair.
In one version, there are no rackets; you hit the ball with the palm of your hand over a tasseled rope stretched across the center of the court.
Other sports include bowls (lawn bowling) for which Henry VIII set up an alley at White Hall; shuttlecock (like badminton), archery, billiards, hunting and riding, wrestling, and political maneuvering. Attend the theatre. Remember, this is in the afternoons, since there is no artificial lighting.
Young gentlemen of appearance can, for an extra fee, have their chairs put right up on the stage.
There is a different play every day; perhaps 4-6 plays in a repertory season.
There are no playhouses until 1576; the performance is very likely in an inn yard.
Ladies attend, but are usually veiled or in masks.
Have the players in. Have them bring the play to your house. Count the silverware before they leave. Make sure you know who their patron is. Try to avoid Richard II (with its deposition scene) and other controversial works, just in case. Do not sell tickets.
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Bolton Castle

Castle Bolton, Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 4ET Privately Owned

Bolton Castle dominates the Wensleydale village of Castle Bolton. The exterior of the castle looks quite complete, but the interior is mainly an empty shell, with only the west range and south-west tower still intact.

In 1379, Sir Richard, 1st Baron Scrope, who was Chancellor for Richard II, was granted a licence to crenellate his manor. This allowed him to officially continue work on the castle he was building on the site of his old house. The plan of the castle is a quadrangle with accommodation along each side and a tower at each corner. There is only one entry into the courtyard, and that is through a vaulted passage with a portcullis at each end. Inside the courtyard are five identical doorways, each protected by its own portcullis, effectively trapping any attackers who made it into the courtyard.


In 1568 Mary Queen of Scots was held at the castle for a year, before being moved to Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire. During the Civil War the castle was held by the Royalist, John Scrope. In 1645, starvation forced him to surrender to a Parliamentary army after a year long siege. The castle was slighted, leaving only the west range and south-west tower habitable. In 1762, the weakened north-east tower collapsed during a storm, but the rest of the castle survives almost to its original height.
http://www.boltoncastle.co.uk/metadot/index.pl

Descendants of Henry Lowe

Descendants of Henry Lowe


Generation No. 1

1. HENRY1 LOWE1 was born 1745 in RC, VA1, and died WFT Est. 1838-18571. He married ??? MARGARET1 21 Jul 1836. She was born WFT Est. 1745-17891, and died WFT Est. 1838-18781.

Notes for HENRY LOWE:
The LOWE surname is most abundant in Eglish counties of Debynshire, Cheshire and Warwickshire and is also found in the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Durham. By the time of the first census in America in 1790, many LOWE families had settled in this country. The average LOWE household had 5.5 members.

It appears that the name LOWE taks it origin in Scottland (LOWES) first appearing in 1318.
[family works 2.FTW]


Children of HENRY LOWE and ??? MARGARET are:
2. i. JOHN2 LOWE, b. WFT Est. 1766-1795; d. WFT Est. 1791-1874.
3. ii. VINCENT LOWE, b. 1800, Rockbridge, VA; d. 16 Jul 1866, Lee Co, VA.


Generation No. 2

2. JOHN2 LOWE (HENRY1)1 was born WFT Est. 1766-17951, and died WFT Est. 1791-18741.

Children of JOHN LOWE are:
i. LETICIA3 LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19131.
ii. THOMAS LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19101.
iii. LIKKY LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19131.
iv. HENRY WILKINSON LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19101.
v. KITTY LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19131.
vi. WESTLEY LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19101.
vii. NELLY LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19131.
viii. BETSEY LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1791-18341; d. WFT Est. 1800-19131.


3. VINCENT2 LOWE (HENRY1)1 was born 1800 in Rockbridge, VA1, and died 16 Jul 1866 in Lee Co, VA1. He married MARTHA SEYBUT/SYSBURT1 WFT Est. 1819-1848. She was born 1806 in Wythe, Co. VA1, and died 1879 in Lee Co, VA1.

Notes for VINCENT LOWE:
1860 Census indicates that his realestate is valued at $3000 and his personal assets at $600.

He does have a person over the age of 90 in the house.[family works 2.FTW]

Children of VINCENT LOWE and MARTHA SEYBUT/SYSBURT are:
i. CORNELIUS3 LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1820-1838, Washington Co. VA1; d. WFT Est. 1856-19231; m. MARTHA BARKER1, 17 Dec 1850, Washington Co. VA; b. WFT Est. 1806-18331; d. WFT Est. 1855-19231.
ii. ABEL LOWE1, b. WFT Est. 1822-1848, washington Co. VA1; d. WFT Est. 1828-19281.
iii. MARGARET LOWE1, b. 1831, Washington Co. VA1; d. WFT Est. 1863-19251; m. SAMUEL P. SPEAK1, 19 Nov 1859; b. WFT Est. 1811-18391; d. WFT Est. 1864-19241.
4. iv. WILLIAM B. LOWE, b. Dec 1833, Washington Co. VA; d. WFT Est. 1866-1924, RC, VA.
v. HENRY D. LOWE1, b. 1836, Washington Co. VA1; d. WFT Est. 1864-19271; m. NANCY ANN1, 1858; b. WFT Est. 1820-18441; d. WFT Est. 1863-19331.
5. vi. JOSEPH LOWE, b. 30 Oct 1838, Washington Co. VA; d. 30 Jul 1890, Wentworth, MO..
vii. ELIZABETH LOWE1, b. 1840, Washington Co. VA1; d. WFT Est. 1854-19341; m. ISOM GOINS1, WFT Est. 1854-1887; b. WFT Est. 1823-18431; d. WFT Est. 1857-19291.
viii. BARBARA LOWE1, b. 1843, Washington Co. VA1; d. WFT Est. 1844-19371.

Notes for BARBARA LOWE:
It has been documented that she was; "simple/retarded" also know as "Barbay"[family works 2.FTW]

ix. CYNTHIA ANN LOWE1, b. 1845, Washington Co. VA1; d. WFT Est. 1846-19391.

Notes for CYNTHIA ANN LOWE:
The 1860 census indicates she is known as "Cintty"[family works 2.FTW]

The 1860 census indicates she is known as "Cintty"

x. NANCY JANE LOWE1, b. 1848, Lee Co, VA1; d. 10 Nov 18761; m. STEPHEN BALES1, 26 Oct 1865; b. WFT Est. 1820-18481; d. WFT Est. 1870-19351.
xi. JOHN W.1, b. 18601; d. WFT Est. 1861-19501.


Generation No. 3

4. WILLIAM B.3 LOWE (VINCENT2, HENRY1)1 was born Dec 1833 in Washington Co. VA1, and died WFT Est. 1866-1924 in RC, VA1. He married ??? ANNA1 WFT Est. 1848-1882. She was born WFT Est. 1823-18451, and died WFT Est. 1866-19321.

Child of WILLIAM LOWE and ??? ANNA is:
6. i. GEORGE WILLIAM4 LOWE, b. 26 May 1863, Rose Hill, Lee VA; d. 10 Feb 1925, Rose Hill, Lee, Va.


5. JOSEPH3 LOWE (VINCENT2, HENRY1)1 was born 30 Oct 1838 in Washington Co. VA1, and died 30 Jul 1890 in Wentworth, MO.1. He married RACHEL E. CARMONY1 13 Oct 1859, daughter of S. CARMONY and ??? M. She was born 1839 in Smyth Co. Va1, and died WFT Est. 1878-19341.

Children of JOSEPH LOWE and RACHEL CARMONY are:
i. SARAH A.4 LOWE1, b. 12 Dec 18611; d. 13 Dec 1931, Wentworth, MO.1; m. ED PARIGAN1, WFT Est. 1876-1905; b. 18571; d. 1939, Wentworth, MO.1.
ii. ANDREW J. LOWE1, b. 18641; d. 25 Jul 1932, Ft. Levenworth , Kansas1.
iii. MARGARET L. LOWE1, b. 30 May 18671; d. WFT Est. 1881-19611; m. SMITH LILLY1, WFT Est. 1881-1914; b. WFT Est. 1850-18701; d. WFT Est. 1884-19561.
iv. WM VINSON MORGAN LOWE1, b. 09 Jan 18711; d. WFT Est. 1872-19611.
v. FRANNIE LOWE1, b. 15 Apr 18751; d. 31 Jan 1968, Tulsa, Oklahoma1; m. W.E. DENNIS1, WFT Est. 1889-1922; b. WFT Est. 1858-18781; d. WFT Est. 1892-19641.

More About FRANNIE LOWE:
Burial: South Heights cemetary1


Generation No. 4

6. GEORGE WILLIAM4 LOWE (WILLIAM B.3, VINCENT2, HENRY1)1 was born 26 May 1863 in Rose Hill, Lee VA1, and died 10 Feb 1925 in Rose Hill, Lee, Va1. He married (1) NANCY J. SLOAN1 WFT Est. 1875-1885, daughter of JAMES SLOAN and ELIZABETH WOLFENBARGER. She was born 10 Oct 1857 in Rose Hill, Lee VA1, and died 18 Jan 18861. He married (2) EMILY HILL1 07 Aug 1892 in Lee Co. VA. She was born WFT Est. 1854-18751, and died WFT Est. 1897-19641.

More About GEORGE WILLIAM LOWE:
Burial: Pace Cemetary, Rose Hill, Va.1

More About NANCY J. SLOAN:
Burial: Trent Cemetary, Rosehill, Va.1

Children of GEORGE LOWE and NANCY SLOAN are:
i. JAMES JOSEPH5 LOWE1, b. 07 Oct 1883, Rose Hill, Lee VA1; d. 14 Sep 1917, Camarillo, Ca.1; m. (1) FRANCES RICHARD1, WFT Est. 1900-1915; b. WFT Est. 1879-18971; d. WFT Est. 1900-19821; m. (2) ROXIE MAUDE CUNNINGHAM1, 18 Apr 1907, Maryville, Blount, TN; b. 16 May 1889, Maryville, Blount, TN1; d. 02 Feb 1979, Ojai, Calif.1.
ii. CHARLES W. LOWE1, b. 18851; d. 05 Oct 18851.



Endnotes

1. family works 2.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 21, 2005.