Nobles and Gentry 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryElizabethan EnglandGCSEAQA Created by: Ravvenn_001Created on: 31-08-19 14:38 NOBLES Nobles got around £6,000- in today's money, in that time it was around 1 million. They could avoid torture, if they did commit an act of treason they would be he-headed this was to aviod himliation. They often had large amount of land. The titles and land, they were passed down from father to son. They had titles of Duke-being the highest- earl and barron. They would wear ruffs around thier necks, these were only worn by the rich. 1 of 2 GENTRY They were landlords of the counrty side. They did no manual labour, they got other people to do the manual labour. They could earn up to £10 and £200, in todays money that between £1,700 to £34,000. They were also Justice of the Peace- JP. They had to buy land, they could not buy big bits of lands only small bits of land. The Gentry could show wealth throught the food they had and ate. 2 of 2
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