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Yeoman
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Jayne | Report | 19 May 2009 22:45 |
Several of my ancestors are called yeoman on their marriage certificates, please does anyone know what his means? Jayne |
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Jayne | Report | 19 May 2009 22:52 |
Thanks Pauline, I'm sure it is the last one, nearly all of my maternal ancestors were farmers. Obviously some were better off than others.. I have been puzzling about it for ages. thanks again Jayne |
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Kate | Report | 20 May 2009 00:08 |
Could well be a farmer or owner of some land - I know one of my ancestors is described as a yeoman in a legal document drawn up after his death that said his eldest son (a priest) was handing over any rights to the family property to his brother and sister. There are earlier documents showing that the same man (the father) acquired a messuage - which I think is some kind of smallholding - thirty or forty years before. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 20 May 2009 05:07 |
a yeoman farmer was also one who rented and cultivated a farm from someone else |
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