Apart from food shops of various kinds, very few shops had readymade goods. For example, there were no off-the-peg clothes or footwear. Most things had to be made to order, which meant that most goods were relatively expensive. This was standard throughout Europe till perhaps the 1820s ...
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Bakers, perfumers, cobblers, coopers, blacksmiths, dyers, fullers, wig-makers, clothiers, butchers, tanners, jewelers.
there were none
James 1, Charles 1, Oliver Cromwell, Charles 2, James2, William & Mary.
it was muddy and a little like France now
during the 1600s williamsburg had barely begun a church and a college were all williamsburg had until 1699 when the capital was moved there
there wasnt much entertainment. there was reading books.