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 men. Journal - Page 217by Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1889Full view - About this book
| Philip Miller - 1835 - 742 pages
...the case of Bishop Latimer's father. " My father," says Hugh Latimer, " was a yeoman, and had no land of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the utmost ; and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for a hundred sheep,... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1835 - 636 pages
...taking place. Latimer has drawn, in his own father, an interesting picture of THE ANTIENT YEOMAN. 1 MY Father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own : had only a farm of three or four pounds a year at the uttermost; and hereupon, he tilled so much... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1835 - 664 pages
...taking place. Latimer has drawn, in his own father, an interesting picture of THE ANTIENT YEOMAN. ' MY Father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own : he had only a farm of three or four pounds a year at the uttermost; and hereupon, he tilled so much... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 pages
...farmer in his time, tells us that his father, who was a yeoman, had no land of his own, but only " a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the utmost ; and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for an hundred sheep... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...be glorified in us both.-r * Query inlaid. t Preface to Life of Christ. SECTION II. BISHOP LATIMER. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own,...a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the utmost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep; and... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...be glorified in us both.f * Query inlaid. t Preface to Life of Christ. SECTION II. BISHOP LATIMER. MY father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own,...had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at lhe utmost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep;... | |
| John Davenport - 1839 - 520 pages
...wonders concerning the produce of as mall farm. " My father, " says he, " was a yeoman, and had no land of his own; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the utmost; and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for a hundred sheep... | |
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