A hasty
or worldly marriage would bring repentance. The spouses should
agree, but keep to their spheres. Children should not be spoiled.
Large households were more or less self-supporting and were
managed by their ladies. Work included ordering wool, hemp, and
flax; making cloth and dying it; dairy work; brewing; malting;
baking; preserving wines; extracting oils; distilling perfume; and
putting on banquets. Couches were coming into use in parlors.
The king and his court entourage settled for most of the year in
Whitehall instead of travelling around the country. The king let
the public into Hyde Park for recreation. The City of London and
Westminster were still separate, but a mass of hovels was
springing up in between them. The water carrier was still active
and the night transport of sewage necessary. In certain areas
there lived in crowded houses, those wanted for minor offenses,
small thefts, and debt. Bailiffs did not dare venture into them
because the inhabitants hid and defended each other unless the
offense was a major one. The penalty for stealing even small sums
was still death.
Indigo Jones was the first architect of consequence. He had
studied in Italy and designed and built the Banqueting House at
Whitehall in London in 1622. It had classical proportions and nice
shaping and dressing in stone. He was now an arbiter of taste for
the King Charles and his Queen and built many structures for them,
including the Queen's Chapel at St.
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