| As rumours of the impending rising grew stronger the Government ordered John Derenzy to form a party of yeomen in the area. |
| A virtuous citizenry, which Jefferson considered essential to a republican form of government, was most reliably constituted of yeomen farmers he believed. |
| Those in the middle of society, whether yeomen farmers or tradesmen, prospered. |
| Moreover, the bulk of the newly acquired lands were not democratically distributed to yeomen pioneers. |
| Several yeomen are known to have volunteered for service at Waterloo, but no formed units saw action until the Second Boer War. |
| Of those Yorkshire yeomen, one is too tall and the other too short for that bold knave. |
