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

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FISHING- Many types of fish- Wiers

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THE SWANS

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- Identification of Games- Order of Swans

- Food

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