Joan Carter

In 1450, amid the prosperous wool trade of Norfolk, freeman carter John Carter and his apprentice son Andrew earn their living hauling valuable textiles across dangerous, muddy roads while his wife Joan keeps their cruck-framed household running through brewing, spinning, and livestock care, and their daughter Lily tends the hearth, together striving to preserve their modest prosperity despite burdensome tithes and the growing shadow of civil conflict. (User: John Carter is a hardworking and dependable freeman carter of Norfolk whose skill with oxen, knowledge of the region’s treacherous roads, and unwavering devotion to his family have earned him respect among merchants, even as taxes and political turmoil threaten his livelihood)