Talk:Yeoman
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This is a kewl example of a context switch
Ships and Farms are two separate and distinct Frameworks ( Frames of Reference or contexts )
The yeoman role is adaptable to either. The attributes of the yeoman makes the role one that is sensitive to security and protocol ( good manners )
This is useful in software modeling using UML A context switch pragma ( for daemons } can operate inside a mutex. The colloquial analogy helps make the algorithm more human-readable.
The yeoman watched the teenage couple slip away toward the creek. He knew of course that they planned to go skinny-dipping.
Can the yeoman be trusted not to peek?
- Quinobi 16:54, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- see POSIX thread locking
Is the previous reference to UML Unified Modeling Language or User Mode Linux? Mjchonoles 01:48, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Isn't this sort of biased for the modern times? "and today's so-called "war on terrorism"
[edit] Etymology
Thanks to the anonymous contributor User:71.116.166.78 for correcting the folk etymology I'd dropped in. It's too bad that we don't know who deserves the credit for the work. David 13:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Over the course of the last few weeks since late November of 2005, I have been editing the Wikipedia entry for Yeoman and making the corrections where needed. Sources have been verified to the best of my ability, however, I cannot make claim for its complete accuracy.
If you have any input, I would be certainly happy to discuss it with you.
Please drop me an email at: yeomanrycavalry@lycos.com
[edit] Riding man or road man
The following still rings of folk etymology, riding being at first glance more credible than road, the Modern Swedish word for knight being ridare:
- Terms used such as 'radman' and 'radcniht' or 'radknight' being defined as riding man or road man, riding boy or road boy (page). The difference of terms helps to distinguish the young riding men or ‘yeomen’ from the riding boys or ‘pages’ who provide a riding service, or road service. It also indicates a path of career progression within a noble or royal household.
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- Robert Greer (talk) 18:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Disambiguation split
This article needs to be split into a disambiguation page and a full article. I'll try to get to it, but would be happy if someone else beats me to it. BonsaiViking 17:53, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- Update: I just changed the article to a more wiki-appropriate format. No need to make a disambig page, once I checked for other articles. BonsaiViking 21:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Yeoman (point of contact discussion)
If you are researching the Yeomanry of the British Islands and America please drop me an email at yeomanrycavalry@lycos.com and I'll be glad to discuss the subject.
Also, those who have a strong interest in the legends, tales, myths of the British Islands are more than welcome to provide input.
[edit] Merge of Yeoman farmer to here
- Agree. I did not know about htis article and was just trying to improve the Yeoman farmer article. --Bduke 22:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- So long as the article does not focus on yeoman farmer as the only definition of a yeoman, I don't see a problem with it.
- Yeoman Farmer merged unedited into the article. Get your teeth into it! SilkTork 11:27, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup on aisle 3
The section "Origin of the term" is comprised almost entirely of jargon, seems to contain several sentences without active verbs, and disagrees in whole or in part with the origin given in the article summary. I would clean it up, but I don't have the linguistic background to edit with any confidence here. Can someone else please tackle it?
[edit] Massive cleanup accomplished
Over the past few days I've attempted to clean up this entry. I know it's not perfect, but I welcome any constructive input on how to make it better. If you have any constructive or any useful suggestions, then be prepared to help me out with them.
yeomanrycavalry 22:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Yeoman of Buoys
I have located a further use of Yeoman. In 1871, my great great grandfather's occupation, at the age of 59, was "Yeoman of Buoys" in Liverpool, England. He had been a carpenter and ship builder in his earlier life. It isn't clear if he was the Yeoman of Buoys or if there were many of them, nor if it was an honorary role or involved physical or managerial work.
[edit] More on the Yeoman Farmer
The 3rd definition under "Current modern definition and usage" shows a small prosperous farmer 16th to 17th century. In Ontario, Canada (and perhaps other Canadian jurisdictions, but I only know about Ontario for sure), the Crown was still granting land for agricultural purposes to "(Person's Name) of (Town),Yeoman, a Free Grant Settler" well into the 20th century. I don't know how, or even if this should be incorporated into the article.
Renzo 80 15:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removed cleanup tag. Added wikify tag
The article appears clean but the absence of an overview paragraph indicates that it needs wikification --- Safemariner 16:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Yeoman archers and yew war bows
The last paragraph on the history needs attention, if not removing. It cites no sources and uses seemingly irrelevant details, such as the presence of images of archers in Iberian rock art. The genetic evidence remains highly debatable and needs to be scrutinised at its original source. Also I believe there are finds of British longbows from bogs older than 5,000 years and isotopic evidence places the Amesbury Archer as coming from central Europe, not Iberia (which the current wording might imply). Thefuguestate 23:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Redundancy
While I'm not going to contradict previous edits and re-add the cleanup tag, this article has major redundancy and unnecessary information issues. For example:
1 Etymology and early use 2 Current modern definition and usage 3 Origins of the term 4 The Medieval period 5 The Dark Ages 6 Ancient to modern usage
This could be trimmed down to two sections. Etymology, origins, and both of the usage sections can be compressed into a single section. The medieval period is the Dark Ages (and this term is not, in fact, accepted in modern academic circles, so really oughtn't to show up here at all); neither of these sections seems to expound much upon the nature of yeomen, though, and could perhaps be combined with the other sections, as well.
In addition, I'm entirely unclear as to why this article needs a section of the evolution of the letter Y. It adds nothing that I can see to the understanding of yeomen -- or am I wrong in my belief that knowing the difference between a yogh and a y is entirely worthless to this discussion?
Unfortunately, I do not have the knowledge or time, at this point, to undertake such a major effect. Nonetheless, this article is bloated to extreme levels, and a major compression would be a worthwhile effort. --Icydesign 23:56, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
- I agree. This article is absolutely painful to read. It jumps around several themes with repetition and no sense of structure. Even the history is not written in chronological order. Thefuguestate 10:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree, it's a mess and is way overdue for some cleanup. The reference to the glyph yogh and the letter Y is best described elsewhere. It only has relevance to the term "yeoman" only in the evolution of the letter y from its origins in strokes, to the letter g, and then the yogh.
The reference to Iberian archers is not founded. Earliest bell beaker archers have been found in the Iberian peninsula, but this has not been confirmed as the origination of the longbow or war bow used during the Hundred Years War which is several thousand years later. Even if the DNA migration maps show originations of Western European type migrating from Iberia to Britain, there is no proof the longbow was a native derived weapon, or if it was imported from elsewhere.
The earliest yew longbows found in Britain are in Meare Heath, Somerset Levels and near Moffatt in Scotland. Also, some archers are identified near Amesbury and in surrounding areas, but the effect these archers had on the development of the longbow is unknown. Perhaps a more ancient instrument of war then we're first led to believe (e.g., the longbow or war bow was created in the 1300s); it's origins may be much deeper and descriptions in this article are not necessary.
Suggest removing the glyph yogh reference, the longbow reference (with exceptions to the 1300s in which yeoman archers are identified). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.116.10 (talk) 06:57, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Seeking Linguistic Expertise
The word Yeoman is ill-defined and appears to have been for quite some time. Any input from an expert in linguistics would be appreciated here. 75.82.116.10 07:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC) yeomanrycavalry@lycos.com
[edit] What tenure did they hold?
Definition 3 in this article, from the 16th and 17th centuries, of 'small prosperous farmer'. I'm wondering does anybody know what tenure they held their land under? I am doing Google searches for 'Yeomen' 'Tenures' 'Maitland' 'Coke' 'Littleton' and so forth but I cannot find any information about their tenure. Free socage? Tenant in Capite? In a nutshell, I am finding in the sixteenth century men referred to as 'yeomen' but I am also finding that the same manor had no tenants serving under specified tenures. Consequently, if I can find out what tenures they were granted land on I can argue strongly that the person who termed these men 'Yeomen' was misrepresenting the reality (in terms which he obviously understood better). I'd be very grateful for any reading or help on this. That misrepresentation (and other factors indicate it is a misrepresentation) does have quite significant consequences of our understanding of that past. Thanks. 86.42.98.153 00:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Tenure
The English Yeoman by Mildred Campbell is a good source to understand the tenure system. I believe you can find the book in Google Books and download it for free. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.116.10 (talk) 08:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
