Horrible Histories Strange Tudor Laws

[apircot5567]

Can there be a naked Matt in my room? ;)

[deloufu]

This is funny.

[madman88yi]

it is very weird but i know its true

[jazzzyy13]

Just about died laughing. xD

[6045310708]

oooh Cecil! What would we do without you?

[AnoukSiep]

You are not wearing a wooly hat... what a crime.

[penguintophats]

"i happen to have a spare my lady.. tadaa" <<< just about died laughing

[AlexGoldhill]

Considering how important the wool trade was to the English economy at the time, the wooly hat law was actually a good call

[spazzy69]

Ben is wonderful as the insufferably smug Cecil, Mat is dashing as the lowly 'Sir' William, and Laurence is suitably baffled as the "GUARD!" Brilliant!

[Violinstef]

I think the law about only Barons and higher nobility being allowed to wear purple predates QE1.

[kak672]

So there is a law for wearing wool hats on Sunday but not a half naked man standing before a queen? Wow

[Lwis2]

@kak672 well not yet anyway

[tallperson605]

Elizabeth should hang with Cromwell sometime.

[MultiBelle22]

Lizzie; if a man as good looking as Mat ends up naked in your throne room, DO NOT pass a law against it!

[dukes0916]

Mabey... if she wasn't so busy passing inane laws... she might have had a chance to produce an aire! & the Tudor line wouldn't have died with her!

[woofdj]

odd crazy awesome

[AmethystEyes]

hiding his nipples haha!

[carolinepaj]

Oh my god, is that the same throne they use in Merlin? XD

[MultiBelle22]

@carolinepaj It could be; the BBC probably recycle a lot of their props

[idonteatturtles]

look at those big poofy pantaloons! ods bodkins!

[Eggiestone]

some laws back then where SOOOOOO STUPID!!! thank goodness we live in nowdays, or we would be sleeping on the floor, a house made out of poo and

and washing our clothes with pee what do you expect it was horribel back then : D

[TheBumbleBunny]

Is that the song Greensleeves in the backround?

[bonneyforever12]

@TheBumbleBunny Greensleeves was all my joy, greensleeves was my delight.

Idk :)



[MultiBelle22]

@TheBumbleBunny I think it is!

[tomizdabest1]

Wearing wooly hats? The Queen doesn't seem to be wearing a wooly hat

[CyclonisIsAwesome529]

Poor Mathew

[LadyZhen100]

are these facts true?

[xXspeckledleafXx]

B-b-but the queen isn't wearing a wool hat. Why does Mat have to go to jail?

[Sailormars3222]

@xXspeckledleafXx maybe her hair is made of wool?

[thebigloc1]

This is so so funny love horrible histories even thou I am 28 find it puts stuff I never realised iin my head for good. Thanks for uploading this.

[CSSFan13]

Sorry, Hannah Montana, purple is banned and you're wearing purple

[lishgirl05]

Mat Baynton half naked. Yes. Thank you. <3

[TrueBayntonette13]

@lishgirl05 lol

[MegaHunnybunny123]

@lishgirl05 maybe fully next !!

[ravens825]

Thus the name royal purple

[coloneljones21]

3 people aren't wearing a wooly hat.

[4everYoann1]

is it just me or is "sir William" cute?

[MultiBelle22]

@4everYoann1 Yes; I don't think that there's a girl who watches this without thinking that!

[Vampryss42]

@4everYoann1 Only...a LOT. :)

[TheSpike1302]

i have passed a law every person has to like this video

[preciousdumplin]

But she's not wearing a woolly hat? :S

[MultiBelle22]

@preciousdumplin She's the Queen; her laws don't apply to her!

[theanglez86]

"Yes I'm wearing a cloak it's COLD!" cracks me up every time <3

[georgiasnuggles]

lol

[Dani257]

What is he saying right after she calls for the guard the last time? All I can get out of it is "sparkins" or something like that.

[NapoleonCalland]

@Dani257 "Odds bodkins"... A very approximately Tudor way of saying "Oh my God"... 

[Dani257]

@NapoleonCalland Thank you.

[kretzolyna]

what's the song from the background???

[farida92]

@kretzolyna Greensleeves. :D 

[kretzolyna]

@farida92 cheers xx

[Shawty156lolxx]

@kretzolyna why do u care

[MultiBelle22]

Please please please Lizzie, if there's a hot guy like Matt standing naked in your throne room, NEVER make a law against it!

[MultiBelle22]

Cecil is such a suck-up!

[SilverAssassin1347]

 i'm amearican and i love this show. i read a book in the libratry googled HH and now i'm hooked right up there with monty python XD

[TheHappyChub]

if izmade a law about every1 wearing wooly hats then why isnt she wearing onE HERSELF

[MultiBelle22]

@TheHappyChub Coz she's the bloody queen, mate!

[ladyrenegade96]

mat in giant granny panties. priceless.

[CatOnYourTrousers]

"Not yet, your majesty, not yet." The way she looks at him, I wonder if there ever will be...

[forthwalled]

i would have thought that him being able to reach his sword faster would have been a danger to the queen... i mean really would YOU use it to defend her?

[FrankIeroiscute]

If Mat appeared naked in front of me like that I would tell him to take those shorts off as well.

[MultiBelle22]

@FrankIeroiscute And me!

[FrankIeroiscute]

@MultiBelle22 ;)

[Shangas]

Hahahaha...I love the Brits.

And yeah. It's true. There was a law in the 1500s that made the wearing of wool caps compulsory, because it supported the English woold-trade (which in Tudor times, was the backbone of the entire English economy).

[Bananabookworm]

in my mind Mat is classed as higher nobility

[Bananabookworm]

oooooodddddd spotkins!!!!!!! Mat, ur shirt is not fetching, u r!

[roxsziegalrox55]

sorry bieber. purple is banned.

[Lozima101]

I swear in almost every horrible history video there are two people saying that England is crap and America is great! Just stop! Both countries did bad things!! Even ok?

[mattador2792]

@Lozima101 I'm surprised any Americans know that this show exists besides myself lol

[feebsize]

GOODNESS ME

[blueberryblast1]

The cloak IS rather fetching on Matt

[cheesecake110499]

2 people forgot their wooly hats

[thdoom81]

thats what british do...always comparing america to its past. We used to be this we used to be that , when the fact is you were living in mud huts and running naked into battle until the romans civilized you so now you talk shit like you created civilization. Egypt existed 3000yrs ago you idiot..and to the guy saying i am from a ghetto culture say what you must but you cannot erase us from your history..you suburban bitch

[jamesxkxklass3]

@thdoom81 how civilised were the romans really? just because they have sewage hygiene etc. does not make them civilised. they had slaves how civilised is that? the british had a far more civilised society. one of the most respected people in english history is boudica a woman. wheres that in the roman culture? just because something seems to be "barbaric" or uncivilised doesnt mean it is vice versa

[Ruuber2]

@thdoom81 Not right persé . Gotta say that Egyptian wasn't the first civilisation, don't wanne spoil anything so look it up for yourself. And the Romans didn't civilized England. What do you see as civilization? Living in a city? Having some good system that works for ya? Civilization depends on the people and with what they're happy. There isn't one good definition for civilized

[gomegirl3]

Y'know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that Queen Liz passed those laws as an excuse to get more sexy naked men in her courtroom... come on, you're not telling me she doesn't like it really :)

[AMRalannah]

@gomegirl3 i was thinking the same thing, in my opinion she seemed rather chuffed at 1:37 :D

[gomegirl3]

@AMRalannah and let's not mention how smug Ben looked...

[AMRalannah]

@gomegirl3 he looked very smug... hmm possible romance :D

[DaniMajor]

@gomegirl3 That's...that's brilliant. And I'm a student of history :D

[reneasalta]

@gomegirl3 Then Queen Mary Tudor was not wrong in imprisoning her younger sister. Bad little sistah!

[LittleDirtyBlonde23]

British Empire - at its height it was by far the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-quarter of the world's population at the time. Without Britain and her people there would be no such thing as English speaking white Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans. American ignorance is immense!

[FrankIeroiscute]

lol he's not totally naked

[LittleDirtyBlonde23]

that ghastly Elizabethan fashion!

[jamesxkxklass3]

@LittleDirtyBlonde23 i think its rather fetching... although i do prefer cavaliers

[BooksAreMyBlood]

Out of all the ridiculous laws to pass you forget the sensible ones, like 'no naked people in the throne room'...

[thdoom81]

no wonder the british fukers tried to take over the world

[LittleDirtyBlonde23]

@thdoom81 - Tried to take over the world? I believe we actually did... quite literally.

[thdoom81]

@LittleDirtyBlonde23 nio you didnt you fukface...america did.....how did you take over the world when you cant even fuking keep rioters at bay...america kicked your sorry yellow cracked british teeth ass into 2nd rate and now you follow us...licking american bottom trying to regain the power that you never had..werent most of your kings gay and from france and germany anway..werent most of your population serfs who were civil by the romans...lol now go get me some tea and biscuits bitch

[LittleDirtyBlonde23]

@thdoom81 - a modern day super power is not an historical imperial empire... you pathetic fat moron... LOL

[thdoom81]

@LittleDirtyBlonde23 who the fuk are you calling moron you asshole....all the things british are not really british you fool...civilized by the romans and almost everything you celebrate is not even from that stinky island

[JollyRodders]

@thdoom81 "stinky island">>> Ha Ha - That's why so many immigrants head for that li'l island. Can't be that bad perhaps. Expensive as shit....And a little bit stinky near the sewage works and where the 3rd world immigrants settle, but otherwise quite pleasant.

[LittleDirtyBlonde23]

@thdoom81 - Oh what's this? Another typical ignorant American? Do you honestly think the British empire began and ended with America???? The American colonies were like a SLIGHT fraction of our empire, lol. British empire was the BIGGEST empire in history - Hitler admired this fact. It wasn't until Queen Victoria's reign in the 1800's that Britain gained HUGE POWER and CONTROLLED the world. And that was AFTER we lost America. Britannia RULED the waves LITERALLY. Google - the British Empire.

[lawlessxwp]

@thdoom81 Given that Horrible Histories is a children's programme is it really necessary to use such language. . . your ignorance I won't even get started on.

[TheShadowOfMySmile]

@thdoom81 *headdesks* Huzzah for America, the super power with oh so poor education.

[bethhseptemberr]

@thdoom81 to be honest...without the british, you wouldn't be here. typical ignorence. The bristish empire wias the biggest ever. at one point we controlled 1/3 of the world population. its only at the moment that we arn't as strong. so don't come over all strong. because to be honest there are nearly 7 billion people in the world. you're not special. so, please shut up.

[thesilvershields]

@thdoom81 you're an imbecile, a typical example of the ghetto trash that makes Americans look bad. As an American (reluctantly), I loathe poeple like yourself and your blatant ignorance. The British established American culture, period (not counting your ghetto culture). And newsflash, the reason American colonies won independence is thanks to France, an interesting fact considering loud-mouth Americans love to point out America saved France in WWII. You get no opinion until you study history.

[jamesxkxklass3]

@thdoom81 1. tea is not british. the british drink tea because they like it. the irish also drink tea and many other nationalities. 2.britain had more power than any other country its only real weakness was its size and America is not so strong china is developing faster than america and its almost stronger. 3. american things are nearly always made in other countries so dont get so cocky about the rest of the world licking your ass your licking the rest of the worlds ass and then covering it up

[AMRalannah]

@thdoom81 You do know most people who watch horrible histories are from Britain so your going to have your ass whooped by us, and if you decide to shout at us at least get your facts right!!! here is a fact, your speaking British!!! Which is from, believe it or not, Britain, so you can thank us for that! :D

[BlitztheDragon]

Methinks the Virgin Queen really needs to get laid.

[theanglez86]

"I thought it was rather fetching." Meee tooo <3 :D

[TobiShinobii]

Sir Will is one fiiiiiiiiiine sir <3 I'd be gettin down wit dat if I was Q-Lizzy

[PETITEPIINK]

I like Elizabeth passing a law to support the wool trade. That was very sensible of her to do. Why can't they do it now during the winter?

[Ryimozz]

Wool hat - Supports the wool trade

Cloak - Safety reasons

Cloths - Easy to identify the wealthy.

[mxgirl918]

lol is that Shakespeare? xD

[littleperrie1234]

1:03 1 of her boobs r wedged up

[mnmacdonald]

Is that guy the guy from the Princess Bride????

[SapientiumVoces]

I wish Ben Willbond took something else off and said "Ta Dah" hahaha

[Ryimozz]

If youthink about it... these laws would make sense at first thought.

[tweedledumparamore]

She mustn't like weasel

[ntherewas1]

Ben looks like stanley tucci here =)

[JessicaLouiseMusic]

"I thought it was rather fetching." LMAO!

[MarinaMaxwellYuy]

I love greensleeves at the beginning!

[artiflexx2727]

HEY SHE BOSSES PEOPLE AROUND AND TELL THEM TO WEAR WOOLLY HATS BUT SHE DOESN'T WEAR ONE HERSELF!!!!!

[Kerriangel]

@artiflexx2727 she was the queen, she could do what she wanted

[xXSnowflakezXx]

@artiflexx2727 Yeah! She's such a hypocrite! :P

[master0Fkings]

I love the way she says the last law.

[TheMoonPower]

All of these Tudor sketches seem to be based on Blackadder. xDD

[baconandcrisps]

'I thought it was rather fetching' Oh believe me, it is Mat <3

[1Thunderfire]

Hold on, was Elizabeth wearing a woolly hat? Or was it dyed the same colour as her hair? 

[AkanemaruNayuchi]

@1Thunderfire

screw the rules. she's the queen.

if doesn't want to wear a hat, then by all means...

[1Thunderfire]

@AkanemaruNayuchi Do as I say, not as I do? That must be Elizabeth's motto! :D

[TheArkyrebel]

Why can't we "yanks" have a tv show like this?  Maybe it has to do with that "Brit" humor! Thanks for posting these episodes.

[LeBexstar]

Oddddddddddddsbodkins! XD

[momotheflyingmonkey]

is her nose fake ?

[burnthewitchXD]

omg sescil(or however you spell it) is such a kiss arse

[SuperGingernutz]

1 person wasn't wearing a wooly hat...

[TheHHAddict]

'I thought it was rather fetching' Mat, it was rather fetching :D But it's okay not to wear anything :P

[ellybrandt4]

ben love love love infinity! he's so brilliant in this.

[SuperGingernutz]

@ellybrandt4 I would love Ben's spare wooly hat.. wouldn't you?

[VEllyssa]

So... I take it from the top comment I've seen from the, say, 7 videos of horrible histories that YouTube is teeming with Mat fangirls?

[soccergirl97979]

i like how he has to cover his nipples are they purple or covered with a cloak? we may never know O.O

[emmabiehlrn]

the queen isnt wearing a wooly hat!!!

[omgmyfishisdrowning7]

OMG Mat's legs are sooo skinny!

[Misscutie383]

Loving the part where mat is half naked......

[1tobedoneX]

Wow! The actor of Queen Elizabeth the 1st has a little bit of her boobs exposed. Quagmire: Giggity.

[Gavin17259]

Ben is great in this scene.

[xsunsetroseX]

at the end when he said "happy now?" (where he was holding his nipples) i automatically screamed yes O_O xP

[TeaCupGal45]

Cecil there appears to be a naked man in my throne room! Is there a law against it? Not yet your majesty.

[snowbarbieblue]

"Your not wearing a wooley hat " Hahaha!

[thishatandyou]

Haha, I looked for this video just because I knew what all the comments would be about. xD

[baconandcrisps]

'I thought it was rather fetching' Mathew, it was. My favourite bit is the end, Wouldn't mind a naked Mat in my room.

[breezymariexoxoxo]

Don't you just hate when there appears to be a naked man in your throne room. *sigh*

[poppylwood2]

matt looks sexxy in purple

[misssupercookie2011]

I am yet to see anything sexier than matt at 0:06.

[Baynton0chickk2]

"Not wearing a wolly hat" "Your not wearing a wolly hat" that gets me everytime :D

[EmmaLiza]

This make anyone else think of Blackadder?

[Elvinauk]

Matt is so hot when he says "I thought it looked rather fetching..."

[beinghumangirl]

damn he wasnt fully naked

[xxxNarglesxxx]

"I thought it was rather fetching." Reminds me of Mat's Gok Wan sketches XD

[lilactress07]

If I was Elizabeth, I wouldn't be complaining about the end result....

also, Ben is ACE in this!!

[consuelaiscool]

Cecil is a kiss arse

[BabyBeatz13]

lol, this reminds me of the sassy gay Cromwell sketch. :D

'GUARD!'

[MadOldKatLady]

so brilliant.

[MutantEnemyGirl]

Those laws might be ridiculous but the end result is fantastic.

Plus, Ben is excellent in this sketch. I love his smug characters.

[KatzePiano]

Mathew :D <3

[0300gorgous]

I like this 'cause Mat ends up in his underwear at the end.

[XpeanutttX]

@0300gorgous *aroused much* ♥