The Laywoman

Find out about Mary the medieval laywoman and what she got up to during her favourite festivals and feast days...

Have you ever wondered how ordinary men and women lived back in medieval times? The inhabitants of Abergavenny in the 15th century, for example. How did they spend their time? It wasn’t all hard work and dull church services you know. There were plenty of feast days, festivals and celebrations throughout the year that everyone, even the wife of a tenant farmer like our laywoman, could enjoy.