 | Hugh Latimer (bp. of Worcester.) - 1758 - 568 sidor
...not able to buy him books, nor give his neighbours drink ; and all the great gain goeth another way. My father was a Yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the utmoft, and hereupon he tilled fo much as kept half a dozen... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 508 sidor
...and praise for ever, Amen. The Spirit of God preserve your grace. Anno Domini, 1530, 1 die Decembris. This admirable letter, from the intrigues of the popish...no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 31. or 4l. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1807 - 910 sidor
...gives the following account of himself, his family, and the value of farms, &c. at that period : " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen... | |
 | 1809 - 776 sidor
...he gives the lowing account of his family, which may be interesting as « a tale of other times." " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of t(iree or fonr pounds by the year at the utmost, and upon which he tilled so nun h as kept half a dozen... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 442 sidor
...of Westminster, and of the congregation, is annexed,] gives the following account of his family. " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost ; and hereupon he tilled so much, as kept half a dozen... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 454 sidor
...of Westminster, and of the congregation, is annexed,] gives the following account of his family. " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost ; and hereupon he tilled so much, as kept half a dozen... | |
 | 1858 - 778 sidor
...father being a tenant farmer, to whom Latimer thus refers in his first sermon before King Edward : — " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own. He had only a farm of two or three pounds a year at the uttermost, and hereupon ho tilled so much as... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 504 sidor
...father," says he, " was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, onely he had a farme of 3 or 4 pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept halfe a dozen men. He had walke for an hundred sheepe ; and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able,... | |
 | 1823 - 736 sidor
...their circumstances, he has himself described in his first sermon preached before Kdward the Sixth. " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of two or three pounds by the year, at the utmost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen... | |
 | Hugh Latimer - 1824 - 478 sidor
...is not able to buy him books, nor give his neighbour drink ; all the great gain goeth another way. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men.... | |
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My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep; and my mother milked thirty kine. 
