Most people in Medieval England had to make their own food. Food shops were found in towns but most people were peasants who lived in villages where these did not exist.In Medieval England you, if a villager, provided for yourself and farming for your own food was a way of life dictated by the work that had to be carried out during the farming year.ost people in Medieval England ate bread. People preferred white bread made from wheat flour. However, only the richer farmers and lords in villages were able to grow the wheat needed to make white bread.