Elizabethan (1558 – 1603)

Recreating the embroidery on a 1577 Bible cover that could have been done by Queen Elizabeth I herself?

A jaw-dropping stash of lost Tudor and Stuart jewels

The work of this celebrated English playwright has strong roots in the capital

An emerald watch, a salamander brooch and a cornelian squirrel

Late 16th-century London was Shakespeare’s playground, where theatre thrived on open-air stages

Meat pies, alehouse snacks and boiled sheep’s feet sold on the streets