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Useful links. Wish list To this entertainment there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain; he defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them.
In fact, the steps leading into one of these old royal cockpits can still be seen today in the centre of London. Full of glitz, glamour and celebrities, jousting was the most prestigious sport in Tudor England. It was even quite common for a young King Henry VIII to take part in the larger competitions, with thousands of local folk turning out to cheer him on from the crowd. Unfortunately Henry VIII was badly injured in a jousting accident in , and it is thought that his later obesity and general poor health can be traced back to this event.
The wound that Henry suffered on his leg could not be effectively treated by the medicine of the time, and the wound festered for the remainder of his life.
The forerunner of lawn tennis, Real Tennis was played indoors with balls made of hair! The playing of the game was similar to that of tennis today, except that the balls could also be bounced off walls. Due to a lack of purpose built courts, Real Tennis was a sport restricted to the nobility.
Henry VIII enjoyed the sport so much that he had a court built for himself at Hampton Court in and he would spend huge amounts of time within its four walls. Another popular sport in Tudor England was bowls, with some of the middle and upper classes developing lawns for the sole purpose of playing the sport. Cards and board games were also extremely popular, with games such as Trump being invented during the Tudor times.
Evenings at court were full of entertainments often dedicated to the Queen, and oftenthere would be public performances conducted especially for her, but the Queen also enjoyed less public activities.
Elizabeth loved to horse ride. She would spend many an hour riding fast through the Palacegrounds. Her love for the sport terrified her Councillors, who feared that she would seriously injure, or even kill herself, from a fall.
But Elizabeth was undaunted, and continued to ride long distances and at great speed until the end of her life. Even in her sixties she could ride a distance of ten miles, which she once proved to a courtier who advised the ageing Queen to take the carriage. Elizabeth would tire out her ladies by riding hard, and early in her reign, Robert Dudley, her Master of Horse, had to bring over some new horses from Ireland, as the Queen's own horses were not fast or strong enough for her.
Elizabeth and Dudley would ride together often. He was probably the most accomplished horse-man in England, and could match the Queen's speed and vigour. In the summer of , Elizabeth and Dudley rode together almost everyday, while some of her ministers bewailed that the Queen was neglecting matters of state. Elizabeth also loved to hawk and to hunt. She would hunt deers and stags with her courtiers, and when the unfortunate animal was caught, she would be invited to cut its throat.
In , the French Ambassador reported that she had killed "six does" with her cross bow. Hunting was quite an event, and would take several hours, so the Queen and her courtiers would often have a picnic in the forest. The Elizabethans had no concept of animal cruelty, and enjoyed a whole manner of violent animal sports, such as bear-baiting, cock-fighting, and dog-fighting. Elizabeth was particularly fond of bear-baiting.
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