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" 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 for a hundred sheep; and my mother milked thirty kine. "
Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the close of ... - Page 463
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The sermons of ... Hugh Latimer ... many of which were ... on the ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer (bp. of Worcester.) - 1758 - 568 pages
...not able to buy him books, nor give his neighbours drink ; and all the great gain goeth another way. 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 utmoft, and hereupon he tilled fo much as kept half a dozen...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 508 pages
...praise for ever, Amen. The Spirit of God preserve your grace. Anno Domini, 1530, I -die Dccembris. This admirable letter, from the intrigues of the popish...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 walk...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 944 pages
...disposition too ingenuous not to be affected with the simple and impressive manner of Latimer—with his sincerity and honest zeal. His sermons are many...yeomanry: My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his awn, only he had a farm of 31. or 41. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much .as...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 9

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Architecture - 1807 - 910 pages
...gives the following account of himself, his family, and the value of farms, &c. at that period : " 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...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 3

Liberalism (Religion) - 1809 - 776 pages
...he gives the lowing account of his family, which may be interesting as « a tale of other times." " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of t(iree or fonr pounds by the year at the utmost, and upon which he tilled so nun h as kept half a dozen...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 454 pages
...of Westminster, and of the congregation, is annexed,] gives the following account of his family. " 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...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 442 pages
...of Westminster, and of the congregation, is annexed,] gives the following account of his family. " 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...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 508 pages
...ingenuous not to be affected with the simple and impressive manner of Latimer — with his siacerity and honest zeal. His sermons are many of them very...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 walk...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 36

Missions - 1858 - 778 pages
...father being a tenant farmer, to whom Latimer thus refers in his first sermon before King Edward : — " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own. He had only a farm of two or three pounds a year at the uttermost, and hereupon ho tilled so much as...
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The London Christian instructor, or, Congregational magazine, Volume 6

1823 - 736 pages
...their circumstances, he has himself described in his first sermon preached before Kdward the Sixth. " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of two or three pounds by the year, at the utmost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen...
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