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Description: | The bed is an example of a 'ceiled' bed, with a 'medieval swans' patterned cover. The curtains would be shut at night for privacy and to keep out the night air - it was believed 'bad air' was the source of diseases such as the plague. The Tudors had three mattresses on their beds:- the bottom one of straw, the middle of wool and the top of duck feather. The pillow would have been a bolster. People sat up in bed - only the dead would have been laid down. Underneath the bed a 'truckle bed' would have been stored. This was a small bed on wheels that would be pulled out at night for servants to sleep on. Also under the bed a chamber pot would have been kept. The ceiled bed could easily be dismantled, to travel with the Lord. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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