author
Thomas Tusser
d. 1580
A Tudor poet-farmer remembered for turning practical country wisdom into lively verse, he is best known for Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. His writing preserved everyday farming advice, seasonal customs, and some of the most quoted sayings of rural England.
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Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie
by Thomas Tusser
About the author
Born in Essex around 1524, Thomas Tusser was an English poet and farmer whose life moved between music, service, and agriculture. He is chiefly remembered for writing in verse about everyday rural work, blending instruction with humor and observation.
His best-known book grew from A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie (1557) into the expanded Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. The poem offered practical advice on farming and household management, and it was widely read for generations because it was useful as well as memorable.
Tusser died on May 3, 1580. Although he may not have prospered much in his own lifetime, his work endured because it captured the rhythms of Tudor country life in a clear, engaging way.