This History video introduces teachers to the use of wills and inventories as primary sources for understanding Tudor life. It explains how inventories were created separately from wills and provide valuable insights into wealth, occupation, and daily life between 1500 and 1750. The video highlights how these sources reveal changes in social status, domestic arrangements, and consumer habits. It guides teachers in supporting pupils to examine real inventories, such as those of Richard Lilly and Catalina of Almondsbury, helping children interpret clues and make deductions about status and lifestyle in Tudor England.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s History scheme – England. It supports teachers in using transcribed historical documents to develop children’s source analysis skills and deepen their understanding of social history and evidence-based interpretation.

History, Upper key stage 2, Year 5, *New* British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England? Lesson 5: What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times?