...he writes, " 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. He was able, and...

...the fire affected his vitals, and he died in lin{i-ring anguish.' A YEOMAN OF HENRY SEVENTH S TIME. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only IIP had a farm of 3/. or 41. by yoar at the uttermost, and hereupon lie tilled so much as kept half...

...before King Edward VI., on March 8, 1519, he gave the following curious account of his parentage : " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; onely he had a farme of three or four pounds a year at the uttermost ; and hereupon he tilled so...

...furnished his biographers with their entire stock of information respecting his birth and parentage. " My father was a yeoman and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm (on which he paid a rent) of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so...

...Latimer's account of the scale of rents before the Reformation. 26 Principle of State Interference. CH. i. 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-adozen men. He had...

...and 13. f Sermons, p. 101. Latiraer's account of the scale of rents before the Reformation. 26 CH. i. 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-adozen men. He had...

...the fire affected his vitals, and he died in tin|ering anguish.' A YEOMAN OF HENRY SEVENTH'S TIME. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, 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...

...father's bouse, and "of his own boyLood, in his sermous. " My father was a yeoman, and had no land 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 liad a walk for...

...passage from his sermons in which he describes his father's condition has been often quoted : — " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds a-year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-adozen men; he had walk...

...We have a picture of a yeoman in those days from Bishop Latimer, preaching before King Edward VI. ' 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 as much as kept half a dozen men. He had...