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Subject: Re: [CHS] YEOMAN AND FARM BALIFF
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:12:02 -0500
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A yeoman was a social status between a gentleman and husbandman. It
usually indicates that he was either a copyholder or freeholder, or
both, that owned the land that he farmed. A husbandman was usually a
tenant farmer. In some places a yeoman had the status of a minor
gentleman. A gentleman did not work the land he owned. He usually
leased it out to tenants and yeoman.

Allen Peterson

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Sent: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:51:12 EST
Subject: [CHS] YEOMAN AND FARM BALIFF

I have found out that my ancestor was a Yeoman in 1850 then and his son
was
a later a Farm Baliff somewhere in the Lostock Gralam area, sorry but
can
anyone tell what a Yeoman would be responsible for and where in this
area one
might have employed on.

Regards Gill


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