This is for discussion of differences Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms, wrote that "a Yeoman would not normally have less than 100 acres" (40 hectares) "and in social status is one step down from the Landed gentry, but above, say, a husbandman".Wagner, Sir Anthony R., English Genealogy, Oxford University Press, 1960, pp. 125–130. Often it was hard to distinguish minor landed gentry from the wealthier yeomen, and wealthier husbandmen from the poorer yeomen. Yeoman vs European Peasant This is for discussion of differences 1500-1600 This is for discussion of the spread of the yeomen stratum: as some yeomen overlapped into the newly-emerging gentry through wealth & marriage; others merged with the merchants & professions of the towns through education; some became local officials in the counties; and still others maintained their original identity as farmers Yeomen were often constables of their parish, and sometimes chief constables of the district, shire or hundred. Many yeomen held the positions of bailiffs for the High Sheriff or for the shire or hundred. Other civic duties would include churchwarden, bridge warden, and other warden duties. It was also common for a yeoman to be an overseer for his parish. Yeomen, whether working for a lord, king, shire, knight, district or parish, served in localised or municipal police forces raised by or led by the landed gentry. Some of these roles, in particular those of constable and bailiff, were carried down through families. Yeomen often filled ranging, roaming, surveying, and policing roles. In districts remoter from landed gentry and burgesses, yeomen held more official power: this is attested in statutes of the reign of Henry VIII (reigned 1509–1547), indicating yeomen along with knights and squires as leaders for certain purposes. 1600-1800 This is for discussion of the effect of the English Civil War; the exploration%DIFDELCMD < & %%% founding of the American colonies by Merchant Adventurer Companies; also introduction of the "middling sort"
 Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms, wrote that "a Yeoman would not normally have less than 100 acres" (40 hectares) "and in social status is one step down from the Landed gentry, but above, say, a husbandman".Wagner, Sir Anthony R., English Genealogy, Oxford University Press, 1960, pp. 125–130. Often it was hard to distinguish minor landed gentry from the wealthier yeomen, and wealthier husbandmen from the poorer yeomen. 1500-1600 As some yeomen overlapped into the newly-emerging gentry through wealth & marriage; others merged with the merchants & professions of the towns through education; some became local officials in the counties; and still others maintained their original identity as farmers Yeomen were often constables of their parish, and sometimes chief constables of the district, shire or hundred. Many yeomen held the positions of bailiffs for the High Sheriff or for the shire or hundred. Other civic duties would include churchwarden, bridge warden, and other warden duties. It was also common for a yeoman to be an overseer for his parish. Yeomen, whether working for a lord, king, shire, knight, district or parish, served in localised or municipal police forces raised by or led by the landed gentry. Some of these roles, in particular those of constable and bailiff, were carried down through families. Yeomen often filled ranging, roaming, surveying, and policing roles. In districts remoter from landed gentry and burgesses, yeomen held more official power: this is attested in statutes of the reign of Henry VIII (reigned 1509–1547), indicating yeomen along with knights and squires as leaders for certain purposes. %DIFDELCMD < & %%% 
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