This was a very different time in history, and it's fascinating to learn how an everyday Tudor family functioned. KnivesHand holding knife | Wuka/GettyImagesWe might take them for granted now, but in Tudor times, a good knife was useful for far more than just cutting food. SpoonsAntique sterling silver apostle spoon | BackyardProduction/GettyImagesForks were still a new-fangled foreign invention in Tudor England and were distrusted and considered unsanitary. Richer Tudors were crazy for silver spoons, which would often become cherished family possessions, passed down for generations. This was just as true for Tudor England, and even poorer families would have owned children’s toys.