•Jousting •Pitching the Bar •Throwing the Sledgehammer •Leaping •Shin-kicking (with iron-tipped boots) •Sword fighting •Performing headstands •Fox Hunting •Hare Coursing •Dancing to bagpipes

It is thought that only about 10% of all Tudors lived to be beyond their 40th birthday – and one of the reasons, among many, was the poor standard of Tudor medicine and medical knowledge.

Deafness – mix the gall of a hare with grease from a fox. Warm the resulting concoction and place it in the ear.

Baldness – shave the head and smear onto the scalp the grease from a fox. An alternate cure was to crush a garlic bulb and rub it into the scalp and then wash the scalp in vinegar.