...Visitation into these parts, one of this family being urged to take a Coat of Arms, he told them ' he knew no difference between Gentlemen and Yeomen, but that the latter were the better Men ; and that they were really Gentlemen only, who had longest preserved their Estates and Patrimonies...

...was urged to take a coat of arms, to make him and his posterity gentlemen ; but he refused, saying he knew no difference between gentlemen and yeomen,...thought that they only were really gentlemen who had preserved their patrimonial estates longest in the same places, without waste or dissipation." —...

...was urged to take a coat of arms, to make him and his posterity gentlemen ; but he refused, saying he knew no difference between gentlemen and yeomen,...thought that they only were really gentlemen who had preserved their patrimonial estates longest in the same places, without waste or dissipation. An observation...

...who, when the heralds made their visitation, was urged to take a coat of arms. " He told them that he knew no difference between gentlemen and yeomen, but that the latter were the better men, and that they were really gentlemen only, who had longer preserved their estates and patrimonies in...

...attitude assumed by another member of the family, when urged by the heralds to take a coat of arms : " he knew no difference between gentlemen and yeomen, but that the latter were the better men, and that 41 they were really gentlemen only who had longest preserved their estates and patrimonies...