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Description: | Below the top table all the other tables were arranged to the left and right of the Hall. Everyone in the household from the lowliest to the Lord ate at the same time. Seating was strictly on social standing and the further away from the top table, the less important you were.The first table right of the Lord was known as the 1st Reward. The first to the left was the 2nd Reward. The 1st Reward sat those who were most important after the top table. This was shown by the fact this table also has a tablecloth. The 2nd Reward as with the remaining tables, is simply a bare table with wooden implements.All the tables are trestle tables of the same construction as that of the top table but they are plain with no ornamentationThe only chair was reserved for the Lord of the Manor. Everyone else, including family and important guests, sat on long form benches. These again are made of solid oak and have little ornamentation. Those for the top table would have been smaller 3-foot benches, seating two people per bench. Benches of the other tables would have been ten-foot benches seating many more. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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