 | Agriculture - 1850 - 600 pages
...exceed 100 acres. " My father," says Latimer, " was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; he had only a farm of three or four pounds by the year, at the utmost ; and hereupon ments. There was no falling off there, either in the j he tilled as much as kept... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 238 pages
...he gave to him and to us the following account of himself : — " 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 utmost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for a hundred sheep,... | |
 | 1859 - 748 pages
...place. He has left the following curious notices of his father : " 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... | |
 | 1856 - 504 pages
...says Latimer, " was a yeoman, and had no land of his own ; only he had a /arm of three or four pouncU 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 708 pages
...described the farmer of the early part of the sixteenth century : — " 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 BO much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 pages
...(1485-1509). ARCHERY. MY father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 3/. or 4Í. a 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...SEVENTH'S TIME. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of;}/, or 4/. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept hall' a dozen men. He had walk for an 1 At firil himself also It Ilomndi priest; but he was afterwards... | |
 | Governess - 1855 - 884 pages
...Time. 35. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 31. or 47. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-a-dozen men. He had a walk for an hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...SEVENTH'S TIME. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 3/. or 41. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for an 1 At tint himself also A Romish priest; but he was afterwards burnt for heresy. * " Nor... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Great Britain - 1856 - 488 pages
...Latimer,f ' was a yeoman, and Latimer's had no lands of his own; only he had a farm o/,aie°»caie°of three or four pounds by the year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-a-dozen mationmen. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able,... | |
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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... 
