 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1874
...following picture of the comfort, happiness, and industry of his father's family. " My father," says he, " was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pound by the year, at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-a-dozen men. He had... | |
 | 1875
...of armour learn — old verb for teach king— cows hospitality — open house wholesome — healthy My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of £3 or £4 by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had... | |
 | James Franck Bright - 1876
...Second Sermon before the King * Third Sermon before the King. -1558] EFFECTS 'OF PROTESTANTISM 473 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1876
...to be heard of you." — LATIMEK'S last Sermon lej'ore King Edward the S'n!l>. [Latimer't Father.] " MY Father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm ci three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-a-dozen... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877
...he is not able to buy him books, nor give his neighbour drink, 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 pound by year at the uttermost, and hercupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk... | |
 | James Franck Bright - Great Britain - 1878
...Latimer's Sermon of the I'lovgh. 2 Latimcr's Second Sermon before the King. a Third Sermon before the King. 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... | |
 | Globe encyclopaedia - 1878
...Eiu;lbh reformer, was born .-.t Ihurca^tone m Leicestershire, about 1490. 'My father' 1-е says, ' was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of /3 or /4 by the year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled as much as kept half-a-dozen men.' L.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 444 pages
...condition and manner of life he thus simply speaks in one of his own sermons: " My father," he says, " was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pound by the year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had... | |
 | Henry George - Economics - 1879 - 568 pages
...heretofore for twenty or forty pounds a .y«»r," said Hugh Latimer, "now is let for fifty or a hundred. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own; only he had a farm at a rent of three or four pounds by the year at the uttermost, and thereupon he tilled so much as... | |
 | Rev. E. B. Boggs - 1880
...surroundings of his early life from his own utterances. " My father," says he in one of his sermons, " 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 thereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had a... | |
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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. 
