Rural Medieval England

Question 1

Where did peasants live?

Answer 1

Peasants lived in the village in one room cruck houses with thatched roofs
Unfree peasants worked on the lord’s land where they were given a strip of land to grow food for their families
Freemen paid rent for land and were laid for working on the lord’s land
All peasants had to pay the Lord for using the village mill

Question 2

What day were peasants on a day off?

Answer 2

Sunday because they were all expected to go to church

Question 3

How long did peasants work?

Answer 3

Peasants worked on the land from dawn til dusk and included hard work such as clod-breaking. Peasant men, women and children were all expected to work on the land