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THE RIVERCOTY KEZIAH AND EMILY STEARNS
THE LONG FERRY FROM GRAVESEND
TRAFFIC• River traffic was tightly controlled on the Thames River.
• Other than river traffic, there really isn’t that much to look at between Gravesend and London.
• The Duke of Württemberg claims to have seen an eight to ten foot long black fish.
• Henry VIII had been born at Greenwich, and his brother married Katherine of Aragon in that very town.
• Elizabeth had been born there and loved it.
• After Greenwich there is a small hamlet of Rotherhithe on the South Bank.
• There is a special death waiting for pirates who come here.
• The tower of London rose on the North Bank.
• Across from the tower is where the Earl of Sussex lived in 1567; this place was called Bermondsey House.
THE LEGAL QUAYS AND UP-RIVER
• The Long Ferry ended at the Legal Quays, right before the London bridge.
• Here, cargo had to be loaded and assessed for customs.
• It gave way to the beautiful mansions, and the royal palaces of Whitehall and Westminster.
• The south side was mostly marshy, but it provided for ideal sites for animal baiting rings.
THE RIVER’S MOODS
• The river has several moods. From temperamental, glassy or choppy, to almost dry.
• The winter high tides almost always brought floods. This made the water so muddy that the lack of oxygen drove the fishes up to the surface.
• Sometimes the river even froze solid.
• Many sporting events were held on the ice as if it were normal solid ground.
• Fog was a constant river hazard.
• The Thames is not exactly translucent: it was and still is sort of an opaque grey, due to the silt.
• It has to be kept unpolluted due to the amount of fish living in it.
• Most things dumped in the river were pig intestines and other animal wastes from the butcher shop.
GREAT OCCASIONS
• After Queen Mary’s death, Elizabeth came to London and stayed in the Tower before going to the procession by water.
• The Queen Elizabeth enjoyed river trips more than her state occasions.
• No matter what, anytime she rode on the river there would always be instruments playing during her ride.
• Every year since 1422 the Lord Mayor went by water to Westminster on his election to swear himself to the monarchy.
• Livery companies, private citizens who enjoyed conspicuous consumption, kept their own barges. Francis Drake was able to live in style in 1574 in a mansion called the Herber.
TILT-BOATS, WHERRIES AND WATERMEN
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FLOOD CONTROL- Sewers- Sewer
Commissioners- Sanitation
- Fees
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FISHING- Many types of fish- Wiers
-Method-Dangerous-No action taken
- Nets
THE SWANS
- Numerous- Tame
- Identification of Games- Order of Swans
- Food
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