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00:00Okay, so I have just arrived in Tudor, London, 1536, and
00:06No, no, no, no
00:08Oh, oh, that is, okay, that is fish and smoke and something I genuinely cannot name
00:13And I have made a mistake coming this way
00:14So the plan is I'm going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the market, see
00:19how people actually live here, eat whatever they eat
00:21And then later I am meeting the actual king
00:24Yep, Henry VIII, in person
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00:54So one thing I've noticed about Tudor, London
00:56These buildings are just, they lean, they literally lean into each other up there, like they're holding each other up
01:04So
01:06I think they might know I'm not from here
01:07Okay, so this is where I'm staying
01:10The Boar's Head Inn
01:12Sounds ominous
01:15There were hundreds of these little inns by the 1530s
01:17They offered food, drink, rooms, and a place to stable your horse
01:21Whatever people were gossiping about in here, this was the real news of Tudor, London
01:31Okay, I just, I just need the key
01:33Excuse me
01:35Um, hi, I'm checking into my room, it's in the name of Chloe
01:39Okay, so
01:40These staircases are just, they're tiny
01:42I feel like I'm like, I don't know, like a giant or something
01:44These people were built completely differently to me
01:46Like, Jesus Christ
01:49Oh
01:51It's kind of cute in a medieval kind of way
01:55So the mattress is straw, actual straw, the stuff horses eat
02:01Oh god
02:02I've just noticed the bathroom
02:04Yeah, that pot is the bathroom
02:07Didn't have one of these since my ancient Rome trip
02:09My view is just
02:11Tudor life
02:12Like, unfiltered, happening right now
02:14Right outside my window
02:16Anyway, let's get changed into something more Tudor
02:18Okay, new outfit
02:20Linen shift underneath
02:21Woolen killer on top
02:22Overdress, over that
02:24And the coif on the head
02:25It is itchy
02:26Very itchy
02:27But
02:28I need to blend in
02:30Let's go see Tudor London
02:31Can you believe this place?
02:33I mean, it's so authentic
02:34It's like stepping back in time
02:39A pig
02:40I was just taken out by a Tudor pig
02:43In my new outfit
02:45Day one
02:45Okay, so Cheapside is the main market street of Tudor London right now
02:49And I was not
02:50I was not prepared for the volume
02:53Every single person in this street is selling something
02:55Or buying something
02:56Or moving something
02:57And everyone is doing it at the absolute top of their voice
03:00So apparently eel pie was eaten a lot here
03:03And I have always wanted to try a good British pie
03:05So here goes
03:09It's um
03:09It's quite earthy
03:11But also kind of sweet
03:13Like I was not expecting the sweet
03:14Not bad actually
03:15That kid is about 10 years old
03:17And he has already started his apprenticeship
03:19Like this is his life now
03:21He will do this trade for the rest of his life
03:23Probably in this exact workshop
03:25There is no school for him
03:26No childhood in the way we understand it
03:29He is actually really good at it though
03:31So this is Fleet Street
03:321536
03:33This right here is basically the internet
03:35This is how news travels
03:37How gossip spreads
03:38How the king controls what people think
03:39And Henry VIII already knows exactly how dangerous this is
03:43He started censoring printed works just a few years ago
03:45Okay so
03:46Everyone is going somewhere
03:48All at once
03:49I have absolutely no idea what
03:51What is happening
03:52But
03:53I'm going with them
03:56Something is definitely happening up there
04:00So it turns out
04:01This is not the medieval festival
04:02I thought I was going to
04:03It's a public execution
04:04The whole system of keeping order
04:06Runs entirely on public fear
04:08But it is also just
04:10Entertainment
04:26You like King?
04:28You like King?
04:31A great and mighty ruler
04:33I don't think he even believed what he was saying
04:35The fear is real
04:37Okay so this is London Bridge
04:38Over 200 buildings
04:40On a bridge
04:41I still cannot process that
04:43At the top of this gatehouse
04:45There are heads
04:46On spikes
04:47And everyone just
04:49Walks under them
04:50Every single day
04:51Fun fact
04:52London Bridge was the only bridge
04:54Across the entire city
04:55Until 1750
04:56And it took 33 years to build
04:58It had homes
04:59Shops
05:00A chapel
05:00And even a water wheel
05:01So that is the Tower of London
05:03Built by William the Conqueror
05:04In 1078
05:05So in 1536
05:06It's almost 500 years old
05:08It was used as a prison
05:09A royal palace
05:10An armory
05:11The royal mint
05:12And where the crown jewels were kept
05:13Oh and lots of executions happen there too
05:15For good measure
05:16Alright
05:16Time to get some dinner
05:17I am just looking for a tavern
05:19That seems
05:20You know
05:20Like
05:21The least noisy option
05:24Maybe this one?
05:26Get out!
05:30Yeah maybe not
05:30The
05:32Tavern
05:34Okay
05:34I mean I guess it is
05:35What it says on the tin
05:37Oh
05:39Okay so the smell is
05:41It is mud
05:42And sweat
05:42And tallow
05:43And all of it together
05:44Is
05:44It's a lot
05:46Okay so
05:46Ale
05:47Pottage
05:48Pie
05:48Prip
05:49Bread
05:49That is the entire menu
05:51Ale please
05:53Ale
05:54And pie
05:56Please
05:57Right
05:58So I ordered pie
06:00I got
06:01This
06:02Which is essentially
06:03A very thick stew
06:05With
06:05Some kind of meat in it
06:07I think
06:10It's
06:11Actually not bad
06:12Like it's quite herby
06:13I've had worse
06:14So let's try the ale
06:15Okay I need two hands
06:17So let me put you down a sec
06:24It's not as strong as you think
06:27It's kind of
06:28Watered down beer almost
06:38Looks like the party's just arrived
06:47Well that escalated quickly
06:52I picked the quietest tavern
06:54And now I'm basically clubbing medieval styles
06:57Go figure
07:14Okay so I'm not sure if you can even see me right now
07:16I really miss street lamps
07:17But that was genuinely one of the best nights I have had in a long time
07:20The music
07:21The dancing
07:22The ale
07:22All of it
07:25Ready to sleep on my straw bed now
07:26If I manage to find it
07:27Okay
07:28So day one
07:30Watched a public execution
07:32Got knocked over by a pig
07:33And danced in a Tudor tavern
07:35These people
07:37They work so hard
07:39And have so little
07:39And still find a way to just
07:42Live
07:44I received this today
07:45An invitation
07:46From Henry VIII himself
07:48To visit him at Hampton Court Palace
07:51Perks of being a time traveler
07:54But Henry is not the real reason I'm going
07:58Good night
08:00Good morning
08:01And look at this
08:04So apparently this is what you wear
08:06To visit the court of Henry VIII
08:08The whole thing weighs an absolute ton
08:11I can barely move
08:13I do not know how women did this
08:15Every single day
08:16So this is the strand
08:18Which is meant to be the rich part
08:21This road is an absolute state
08:24And I say that
08:26As someone who lives on a road
08:27With potholes so bad
08:28The council has given up
08:30This is the same
08:31Oh my
08:32Look at that dress
08:33Like
08:33Look at it
08:35The embroidery alone
08:36That is hand-stitched
08:38Every single thread of that
08:39Is done by hand
08:39That would have taken
08:40Right
08:41Okay
08:42Normal
08:43This is just
08:43This is Tuesday for her
08:44This is just what you wear
08:46Okay
08:48So I have just arrived
08:49At Hampton Court Palace
08:50And I am
08:52I'm not gonna lie
08:52I am extremely nervous right now
08:54I have one objective today
08:56I need to get to Anne
08:57And warn her about
08:59That
09:01While also
09:02Keeping my head firmly
09:03On my body
09:05The things I do
09:06For my followers
09:08Oh my god guys
09:09He's coming
09:09He's coming
09:14Ah
09:14You must be Chloe
09:15I have heard a great deal
09:16About you
09:17I
09:18Yes
09:18That's me
09:19I have absolutely no idea
09:21What he has heard
09:21So
09:22You claim to be a traveller
09:24From the year 2026
09:26Yes
09:27Very well
09:28Then I would hear
09:29Most eagerly
09:30What manner of king
09:31Does history recall me to be
09:33You are
09:34Very well remembered
09:35Your majesty
09:38Your majesty
09:41I am told
09:41You have travelled far
09:42To be here
09:43You could say that
09:46Meet me in the quarter
09:47It's important
09:51Most good
09:51You shall dine with us
09:53This evening
09:53And you may tell me more
09:55Of how greatly my name
09:56Is remembered
09:56Through the ages
09:57I would be honoured
09:59Your majesty
10:01Dinner with Henry VIII
10:03No pressure
10:03Your majesty
10:04You need to leave
10:06Now
10:06While you still can
10:07Leave?
10:09Leave where exactly?
10:11Anywhere
10:12Anywhere that is not here
10:13Henry is going to betray you
10:16Henry would never do such a thing
10:18But your majesty
10:19I am thinking about
10:20Absolutely everything right now
10:21The cutlery situation alone
10:23I do not know
10:24What half of these are for
10:25How am I
10:26How am I sitting?
10:27Is this how I sit?
10:29What do I eat?
10:30In what order?
10:31With what?
10:32I cannot cope
10:34Okay
10:35Sneaky food review
10:36I genuinely do not know
10:38What animal this came from
10:40Oh
10:41Well it's still not bad
10:42It tastes like luxury
10:44With a hint of
10:46Privilege
10:46No
10:49No no no
10:51That is a completely different thing
10:53To what happened in the tavern
10:58Second impromptu party of the trip
11:00Send help
11:02Come
11:04Let us see if the traveller from the future
11:06Can manage a pavan
11:07I'm not sure if Anne would approve of this
11:10You know
11:11Where I come from
11:12People just kind of
11:13Move
11:14There are no steps
11:15No steps
11:18How extraordinary barbaric
11:19He's not wrong
11:22Perhaps they danced differently
11:23In the year 2006 and 20
11:26Turns out my dancing
11:27Was enough of a reason
11:28To get me kicked out of
11:29Hampton Court Palace
11:30In fairness
11:32I did tread on the king of England's foot
11:35Twice
11:36Possibly three times
11:38At least I kept my head
11:40Couldn't wait to take that thing off
11:42Anyway
11:44Tudor London
11:45It is loud
11:46It is chaotic
11:47It smells in ways
11:49I did not know were possible
11:51The food is better than you think
11:52The ale grows on you
11:54But in all seriousness
11:56This place is brutal
11:57The disease alone
11:59Would probably have finished me off
12:00Within a week
12:00The filth
12:01The fact that you can lose your head
12:02For saying the wrong thing
12:04To the wrong person
12:04On the wrong day
12:06But the people
12:08The people are what
12:09Holds this place together
12:10Anyway
12:11I'm going back to 2026
12:13Or forward rather
12:14To have an absolutely
12:16Burning hot shower
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