What were the social classes like in Britain during 1550-1650?

During this period, British society was divided into three main classes: the nobility, the gentry, and the commoners. The nobility consisted of the monarch, peers, and landed gentry who held significant wealth and political power. The gentry were landowners with less status than the nobility but more wealth and power than commoners, who made up the majority of the population and were mostly peasants or laborers.