2. ď¨ Employed officials called Bailiffs, to collect the
rents, and make sure that the serfs did not try to
cheat them.
ď¨ The day-day jobs were organized by the reeves, a
type of farm manager.
ď¨ The senior official s named Steward, which the
Bailiffs and Reeves had to report to him (the
senior official).
ď¨ They had to rule all over the peasants to make
sure they were all doing there duties.
ď¨ Lordâs hunted. It was good training for war.
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4. ď¨ The nobility had a chance to Eat a far greater
variety of foods than the peasants.
ď¨ These foods included of roasted quale, geese, swan,
pig, deer, wild boar cooked on a spit and pots of
stew.
ď¨ Servants cut the meat & fish in small portions.
ď¨ They ate with knives, spoons and their fingers.
ď¨ Food was served on thick sliceâs of stale bread.
ď¨ At the end of a meal a servant would collect left
over food into a basket and deliver to the poor.
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8. ď¨ Lords could afford fine fabrics such as silk for
their clothing. All there clothes were measured
and made by tailors.
ď¨ Only the most powerful nobles were aloud to
dress in purple silk or gold or silver cloth.
ď¨ Ladies wore fine fabric tunics in many colours
down to their ankles and some sort of head
dress.
9. ď¨ Nobles often played games and sports that
kept them in training for war or other military
activities.
ď¨ The main sports available to the upper class
were jousting, hunting, hawking and royal
tennis (males). Men and women also enjoyed
board games, feasting, dancing, being
entertained, minstrels, acrobats and jesters.