the location is london, the year is 1536…
to celebrate the return of bbc’s wolf hall (i may be the only berry here who’s excited, but my level of excitement makes up for that!) let’s build a big tudor family!
Surname
Surnames
your family has a mother and a father. you may choose their ages based on the ages of the children you end up with, bearing in mind that around 22 was roughly the average age for marriage.
number of children!
roll a d12; if you get a number less than four, add two.
ages of children
roll the d12!
- 12
- 8
- nb
- 2
- 11
- 4
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
roll again if you get more than one set of twins, as they were extremely unusual back in the day.
gender of children
even for girl, odd for boy
names of the family
roll a d6 for each member; if you get a 1-4, choose from the basic name bank, and if you get a 5 or 6, choose from the fun namebank! use this to name your whole family, including the parents. most people in tudor england didn’t have middle names, but you can add them for the fun of it if you like. your oldest boy should share a name with his dad.
{basic tudor names}
Agnes, Alice, Anne, Bridget, Catherine, Constance, Dorothy, Edith, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Emma, Frances, Helen, Isabel, Jane, Joan, Lucy, Margaret, Margery, Marion, Mary, Philippa, Sarah, Sybil, Winifred
Alexander, Andrew, Anthony, Arthur, Charles, Christopher, Edmund, Edward, Francis, George, Gregory, Henry, Hugh, James, John, Joseph, Laurence, Matthew, Nicholas, Oliver, Peter, Ralph, Robert, Samuel, Thomas
{fun tudor names!}
Amis, Amphelisia, Avis, Blythe, Christian, Clarice, Eden, Frideswide, Fortune, Gwenllian, Kimbery, Lettice, Magdalen, Olive, Parnell, Priscilla, Sindony, Thomasin, Ursula, Wilmot
Avery, Barnaby, Bartholomew, Cornelius, Cuthbert, Ellis, Fulke, Giles, Griffin, Lambert, Lancelot, Malachi, Oswyn, Reynold, Roland, Thaddeus, Theodoric, Tristram, Uriah, Valentine
bonus! 
add as many cats to the family, and name them what you want!
cat: [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]