The tradition of having a cheeseboard at the end of a meal dates back at least 400 years to Tudor times, according to ... was physician to Elizabeth I. Food historian Peter Brears said he had ...

Woman: Please, could you spare some food? Man: Get away from here ... is to be burned through the ear and then lashed ten times. Woman: no, please sir! I was just starving and trying to survive!

The food is tasteless, vile muck ... was pretty tough! Punishments in Tudor times could be extremely severe - even for relatively minor crimes. There was no police force at the time and people ...

According to the 16th Century pamphlet cheese was regularly eaten at the end of a meal in Tudor times The tradition of ... University of Leeds Dr Alex Bamji and food historian Peter Brears said ...