Hello Anne As promised to compare with husbandman. [from Oxford Dictionary] Yeoman 1. A man owning and cultivating a small estate; a freeholder under the rank of gentleman; loosely, a countryman of respectable standing, a farmer. [1400 onwards]. 2. A servant or attendant in a royal or noble household, usually ranking between a Sergeant and a Groom or between a Squire and a Page. b. An attendant or assistant to an official, etc. [1400 onwards]. "Yeoman('s) service, good, efficient, or useful service." used 1802. 3. With of (or for), in official titles, as 'yeoman of the cellar,' revels, robes, wardrobe, yeoman for the household [1400 onwards]; also in burlesque titles, as yeoman of the cord, or hangman 1840. - Yeoman of the Guard, a member of the sovereign's -body-guard, instituted at the accession of Henry VII 1485. - Yeoman extraordinary (of the Guard), any of the warders of the Tower 1552. C. - In the British and U.S. Navies, an inferior officer in charge of stores, as yoman of the signals, engineer's yeoman 1889. 4. Appositive in the titles of various attendants and officials, as yeoman bedel, farrier, pricker, usher. 5. A yeoman (as in 1) serving as a (foot) soldier. Now archaic or in historical use. [1400 onwards]. - A member of the (Imperial) Yeomanry [1798]. There are quite a few meanings of these words and it apparently relates to context. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Treadwell" <treadwell@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 1:21 PM Subject: [HRT] reposting re. TRE(A)DWELL and "husbandman" > For some reason, messages which I've sent recently don't seem to have > got through, so I'm trying again: > > (I'm sending this to the Bucks. list as well as the Oxford one, for two > reasons -- Samuel TREADWELL married and lived in Bucks., and there are > knowledgeable people on the list.) > > With the help of one of the OFHS excellent CDs, I've recently broken a > brick wall and found the birth of my ancestor Samuel TRE(A)DWELL in > Newton Purcell in 1743, with parents John and Jane. Of course, I now > want to find all I can about John and Jane; John is given as a > "husbandman". I'm familiar with "farmer" and "ag.lab." but I haven't > come across this label before and would appreciate any information about > it. > > Of course, if SKS also knows the birth and marriage of either or both of > John TREDWELL and his wife Jane (and her birth name), that would be a > bonus! I do have burial dates for both of them -- 6 weeks apart in > 1762 in Newton Purcell. > > Appreciatively, > > Anne in Canada > > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > For any updates our info about the status of this list go to > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com >