| Many stories told about O'Keefe recount his daring and athletic escapes from pursuing yeomen and soldiers. |
| In the 17th century it developed into a general term for the lord of the manor, well below the level of nobility, but far above yeomen. |
| They rearranged their estates to create larger tenant farms on rack rents, with a decline in small yeomen farmers with customary tenure or freeholds. |
| Several yeomen are known to have volunteered for service at Waterloo, but no formed units saw action until the Second Boer War. |
| As rumours of the impending rising grew stronger the Government ordered John Derenzy to form a party of yeomen in the area. |
| And, that same night, Mrs. Gaunt left hernshaw in her own chariot between two constables, and escorted by armed yeomen. |
