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“For seven generations have the old yeoman family of Gould been at Pilsbury Grange. For about two hundred years they have held these lands under the noble house of Cavendish. Surely when Hallam wrote his famous chapter on the yeomen of England he had such a type as the Goulds in mind – a combination of sturdy qualities, intellectual aptitude, and scrupulous integrity. If one son has cared for the welfare of his crops, another has successfully taken his academic degree of Master of Arts, while a third has held a commission of a captain in the army.”

Joseph Tilley : “The Old Halls, Families, and Manors of Derbyshire” (1892), quoting Henry Hallam : “The View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages” (1818).