The Gentry were often thought of as or considered a lower form of nobility (Coss). The Gentry were, also very highly educated, had a family coat of arms, and never had to do any manual labour (Lambert). Merchants were business owners, who bought, sold, and traded things to sell to the community around them. The Merchants were not originally respected, but when the 1600’s came around people saw that trade was becoming of increasing importance and therefore started to pay Merchants some respect (Lambert). Now, the “Yeomen were comfortably off, but they often worked alongside their men” (Lambert). The Yeomen were pretty big farmers, whose sons normally served in the army. Unlike Yeomen, “Husbandmen were small farmers” (Abrams). Husbandmen usually farmed on land they had to rent and to their dismay, earned very little (Abrams). Then, there was the servants, who did anything their masters/mistresses asked of them. Lastly, the beggars who begged and pleaded and did anything they could for money or food and were typically illiterate. In case any did not
The Gentry were often thought of as or considered a lower form of nobility (Coss). The Gentry were, also very highly educated, had a family coat of arms, and never had to do any manual labour (Lambert). Merchants were business owners, who bought, sold, and traded things to sell to the community around them. The Merchants were not originally respected, but when the 1600’s came around people saw that trade was becoming of increasing importance and therefore started to pay Merchants some respect (Lambert). Now, the “Yeomen were comfortably off, but they often worked alongside their men” (Lambert). The Yeomen were pretty big farmers, whose sons normally served in the army. Unlike Yeomen, “Husbandmen were small farmers” (Abrams). Husbandmen usually farmed on land they had to rent and to their dismay, earned very little (Abrams). Then, there was the servants, who did anything their masters/mistresses asked of them. Lastly, the beggars who begged and pleaded and did anything they could for money or food and were typically illiterate. In case any did not