00:00Okay, so I have just arrived in Tudor, London, 1536, and...
00:06No. No, no, no.
00:10Oh, that is... Okay, that is fish and smoke and something I genuinely cannot name,
00:14and I have made a mistake coming this way.
00:16So the plan is I'm going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the market,
00:19see how people actually live here, eat whatever they eat,
00:22and then later I am meeting the actual king.
00:25Yep, Henry VIII in person.
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00:55So one thing I've noticed about Tudor, London,
00:57these buildings are just, they lean.
00:59They literally lean into each other up there.
01:02Like, they're holding each other up.
01:06So, I think they might know I'm not from here.
01:09Okay, so this is where I'm staying.
01:11The Boar's Head Inn.
01:13Sounds ominous.
01:15There were hundreds of these little inns by the 1530s.
01:18They offered food, drink, rooms, and a place to stable your horse.
01:22Whatever people were gossiping about in here,
01:24this was the real news of Tudor London.
01:32Okay, I just, I just need the key.
01:34Excuse me.
01:35Um, hi.
01:37I'm checking into my room.
01:38It's in the name of Chloe.
01:40Okay, so these staircases are just, they're tiny.
01:43I feel like I'm like, I don't know, like a giant or something.
01:45These people were built completely differently to me.
01:48Like, Jesus Christ.
01:50Oh.
01:51It's kind of cute in a medieval kind of way.
01:56So, the mattress is straw.
01:58Actual straw.
01:59The stuff horses eat.
02:02Oh, God.
02:03I've just noticed the bathroom.
02:05Yeah.
02:06That pot is the bathroom.
02:07Didn't have one of these since my ancient Rome trip.
02:09My view is just Tudor life.
02:13Like, unfiltered, happening right now, right outside my window.
02:17Anyway, let's get changed into something more Tudor.
02:19Okay, new outfit.
02:21Linen shift underneath.
02:22Wool and killer on top.
02:24Overdress, over that.
02:25And the coif on the head.
02:26It is itchy.
02:28Very itchy.
02:28But, I need to blend in.
02:31Let's go see Tudor London.
02:33Can you believe this place?
02:34I mean, it's so authentic.
02:36It's like stepping back in time.
02:37Ah!
02:40A pig.
02:41I was just taken out by a Tudor pig.
02:44In my new outfit.
02:46Day one.
02:47Okay, so Cheapside is the main market street of Tudor London right now.
02:50And I was not.
02:51I was not prepared for the volume.
02:54Every single person in this street is selling something, or buying something, or moving something.
02:58And everyone is doing it at the absolute top of their voice.
03:01So, apparently eel pie was eaten a lot here.
03:04And I have always wanted to try a good British pie.
03:06So, here goes.
03:10It's, um, it's quite earthy.
03:12But also, kind of sweet.
03:14Like, I was not expecting the sweet.
03:16Not bad, actually.
03:17That kid is about 10 years old.
03:18And he has already started his apprenticeship.
03:21Like, this is his life now.
03:22He will do this trade for the rest of his life.
03:24Probably in this exact workshop.
03:26There is no school for him.
03:28No childhood in the way we understand it.
03:30He is actually really good at it, though.
03:32So, this is Fleet Street, 1536.
03:34This right here is basically the internet.
03:37This is how news travels, how gossip spreads, how the king controls what people think.
03:41And Henry VIII already knows exactly how dangerous this is.
03:44He started censoring printed works just a few years ago.
03:47Okay, so everyone is going somewhere.
03:49All at once.
03:50I have absolutely no idea what is happening, but I'm going with them.
03:57Something is definitely happening up there.
04:01So, it turns out this is not the medieval festival I thought I was going to.
04:04It's a public execution.
04:05The whole system of keeping order runs entirely on public fear.
04:09But it is also just entertainment.
04:27You like King?
04:29You like King?
04:32A great and mighty ruler.
04:34I don't think he even believed what he was saying.
04:36The fear is real.
04:38Okay, so this is London Bridge.
04:39Over 200 buildings.
04:41On a bridge.
04:42I still cannot process that.
04:44At the top of this gatehouse, there are heads on spikes.
04:49And everyone just walks under them.
04:51Every single day.
04:52Fun fact.
04:53London Bridge was the only bridge across the entire city until 1750.
04:57And it took 33 years to build.
04:59It had homes, shops, a chapel, and even a water wheel.
05:03So, that is the Tower of London, built by William the Conqueror in 1078.
05:06So, in 1536, it's almost 500 years old.
05:09It was used as a prison, a royal palace, an armory, the royal mint, and where the crown jewels were
05:14kept.
05:14Oh, and lots of executions happened there, too, for good measure.
05:16All right, time to get some dinner.
05:18I am just looking for a tavern that seems, you know, like, the least noisy option.
05:25Maybe this one?
05:27Get out!
05:30Yeah, maybe not.
05:32The tavern.
05:35Okay, I mean, I guess it is what it says on the tin.
05:38Oh!
05:40Okay, so the smell is, it is mud and sweat and tallow and all of it together is, it's a
05:46lot.
05:47Okay, so, ale, pottage, pie, prip, bread.
05:50That is the entire menu.
05:53Ale, please.
05:54Ale.
05:56And pie, please.
05:58Right.
06:00So, I ordered pie.
06:01I got this, which is essentially a very thick stew with some kind of meat in it, I think.
06:12It's actually not bad.
06:13Like, it's quite herby.
06:14I've had worse.
06:15So, let's try the ale.
06:16Okay, I need two hands, so let me put you down a sec.
06:25It's not as strong as you think.
06:27It's kind of watered-down beer, almost.
06:39Looks like the party's just arrived.
06:48Well, that escalated quickly.
06:53I picked the quietest tavern, and now I'm basically clubbing medieval styles.
06:58Go figure.
07:00Go figure.
07:14Okay, so I'm not sure if you can even see me right now.
07:17I really miss street lamps.
07:18But that was genuinely one of the best nights I have had in a long time.
07:21The music, the dancing, the ale, all of it.
07:26Ready to sleep on my straw bed now, if I manage to find it.
07:29Okay.
07:29So day one, watched a public execution, got knocked over by a pig, and danced in a Tudor tavern.
07:36These people, they work so hard and have so little and still find a way to just live.
07:45I received this today, an invitation from Henry VIII himself to visit him at Hampton Court Palace.
07:52Perks of being a time traveler?
07:55But Henry is not the real reason I'm going.
07:59Good night.
08:01Good morning.
08:03And look at this.
08:05So apparently this is what you wear to visit the court of Henry VIII.
08:09The whole thing weighs an absolute ton.
08:12I can barely move.
08:14I do not know how women did this every single day.
08:17So this is the Strand, which is meant to be the rich part.
08:22This road is an absolute state.
08:25And I say that as someone who lives on a road with potholes so bad the council has given up.
08:31This is the same.
08:32Oh my, look at that dress.
08:34Like, look at it.
08:36The embroidery alone, that is hand-stitched.
08:39Every single thread of that is done by hand.
08:40That would have taken...
08:41Right.
08:42Okay.
08:43Normal.
08:44This is just...
08:44This is Tuesday for her.
08:45This is just what you wear.
08:47Okay.
08:49So I have just arrived at Hampton Court Palace.
08:52And I am...
08:53I'm not gonna lie.
08:53I am extremely nervous right now.
08:55I have one objective today.
08:57I need to get to Anne and warn her about that.
09:02While also keeping my head firmly on my body.
09:06The things I do for my followers.
09:09Oh my god, guys.
09:10He's coming.
09:11He's coming.
09:15Ah, you must be Chloe.
09:16I have heard a great deal about you.
09:18I...
09:19Yes.
09:19That's me.
09:20I have absolutely no idea what he has heard.
09:22So, you claim to be a traveler from the year 2026.
09:27Yes.
09:28Very well.
09:29Then I would hear most eagerly.
09:31What manner of king does history recall me to be?
09:34You are very well remembered, your majesty.
09:38Your majesty.
09:41I am told you have traveled far to be here.
09:44You could say that.
09:47Meet me in the quarter.
09:48It's important.
09:51Most good.
09:53You shall dine with us this evening.
09:54And you may tell me more of how greatly my name is remembered through the ages.
09:59I would be honored, your majesty.
10:02Dinner with Henry VIII.
10:04No pressure.
10:05Your majesty.
10:06You need to leave.
10:07Now.
10:07While you still can.
10:09Leave?
10:10Leave where, exactly?
10:12Anywhere.
10:13Anywhere that is not here.
10:15Henry is going to betray you.
10:17Henry would never do such a thing.
10:19But your majesty.
10:20I am thinking about absolutely everything right now.
10:23The cutlery situation alone, I do not know what half of these are for.
10:26How am I s-
10:27How am I sitting?
10:28Is this how I sit?
10:29What do I eat?
10:31In what order?
10:32With what?
10:33I cannot cope.
10:35Okay.
10:36Sneaky food review.
10:37I genuinely do not know what animal this came from.
10:41Oh.
10:42Well, it's still not bad.
10:43It tastes like luxury with a hint of privilege.
10:48No.
10:50No, no, no.
10:52That is a completely different thing to what happened in the tavern.
10:59Second impromptu party of the trip, send help.
11:03Come.
11:05Let us see if the traveller from the future can manage a pavan.
11:09I'm not sure if Anne would approve of this.
11:11You know, where I come from, people just kind of move.
11:15There are no steps.
11:16No steps?
11:18How extraordinary barbaric.
11:20He's not wrong.
11:23Perhaps they danced differently in the year 2006 and 20.
11:27Turns out my dancing was enough of a reason to get me kicked out of Hampton Court Palace.
11:30In fairness, I did tread on the King of England's foot.
11:36Twice.
11:37Possibly three times.
11:39At least I kept my head.
11:41Couldn't wait to take that thing off.
11:43Anyway.
11:45Tudor London.
11:46It is loud.
11:47It is chaotic.
11:48It smells in ways I did not know were possible.
11:52The food is better than you think.
11:54The ale grows on you.
11:55But in all seriousness, this place is brutal.
11:59The disease alone would probably have finished me off within a week.
12:02The filth.
12:02The fact that you can lose your head for saying the wrong thing to the wrong person on the wrong
12:06day.
12:07But the people.
12:09The people are what holds this place together.
12:11Anyway.
12:12I'm going back to 2026.
12:14Or forward, rather.
12:16To have an absolutely burning hot shower.
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