 | Hugh Latimer (bp. of Worcester.) - 1758 - 568 sidor
...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 men. He had walk for an hundred fheep ;... | |
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 sidor
...of his own ; only he he had a farm * of three or four pounds by the Cent.xvi. year at the utmost ; and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen...hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine,' Sec. ' He kept his son at school till he went to the university, and maintained him there ; he married... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1807 - 910 sidor
...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...he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for an hundred sheep ; aud my mother milked thirty kine. He was able, and did find the king a... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 508 sidor
...yeomanry : My father was a yeoman, and had 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 for an hundred sheep, and my mother milked 30 \me. He was able, and did find the king a harness,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 944 sidor
...yeomanry: My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his awn, only he had a farm of 31. or 41. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much .as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for an hundred sheep, and my mother milked 30 kine. He was able, and did find the king a harness,... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 454 sidor
...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 men. He had walk... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 440 sidor
...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 men. He had walk... | |
 | 1817 - 292 sidor
...but only " a farm of three or four pounds hy the year at the unnost; and hereupon he tilled so iruch as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for an hundred sheep; and my mother milked thirty kine. He kept his son at school till he went to the university, and maintained him there ; he married his daughters... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | John Strype - 1822 - 542 sidor
...his own ; only he had a Anno 1553. farm of three or four pounds a year at the utmost. And wealth of hereupon he tilled so much, as kept half a dozen men. He yeomen had walk for an hundred sheep, and his mother milked on. in }. tnir(.y kine: he was able, and... | |
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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 men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine... 
