Not just a farmer but one who cultivates his own land. A class of freeholders below the gentry-English. But obviously not the lowest class. Barbara At 12:55 PM 3/27/99 -0500, Louis Moses wrote: >Sandy, >I never saw the term "inmate" used that way. A yeoman is a farmer. > >Louie > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 12:20 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Definition > >Dear Old Fred's. >Can anyone tell me the definition of the term "inmate" as pertains to a >persons place in society in the 1600s. It would be used like the term >"yeoman". For that matter what does the term Yeoman mean? > >Thanks. >Sandy > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Happy 2nd Birthday VAGenWeb Project! >Visit the Frederick County USGenWeb Archives! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/frederic.htm > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm >Visit the Frederick County USGenWeb Archives! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/frederic.htm > > >