>>2601871Tudor England was a pretty agricultural nation. Food wasn't really in short supply. Moreover, The King had the legal right to buy whatever supplies he needed before anyone else at a steep discount. This was called purveyance.
Furthermore, much of the woodlands and forests owned by the crown had wild deer, and the deer there were hunted for the consumption of the king and his court.
Many of the lands owned by the Crown had tenants who paid with food instead of money