Stephen Hore

Children:

1. Ann Hore 1600 –

2. Lancelot Hore 1601 – 1674

3. John Hore 1602 – 1641

4. Robert Hore (date unknown) A son Robert mentioned in his father's will.

His Will

Will of Stephen Hore 1637 will (Transcript) In the name of God Amen. The fifeenth daye of Marche Anno domino 1637 I Steven Hore the elder of the parishe of Roche in the Countye of Cornewall yeoman being sick in boddye but perfect in mynde and memorye laude and prayse be geiven to Almightie God doe make and ordayne this my laste will and Testament in manner and form followeinge-

First I bequeath my soule into the handes of Almightie God my maker and Redeermer and my boddue to christian burial.

Iten i geive and bequeath towardes the Resparacons of the Church of Roche aforesaid Ten shillings Item I geive and bequeath vnto the poore of Roche aforesaid Ten shillings ^to be for a continuall stock for the poore^

Item I geive devise and assigne vnto Katherin my wiffe All that parte of my Tenement of Treseble within the parishec of Roche which I holde by lease from John Coll of St. Cleere in the County aforesaid gent To haue and holde vnto the said Katherin and he assignes duringe her Natural life annd after her decease my will and meaninge is That the said parte shall come vnyo John Hore during the Naturall life of my sonne Robert Hore and Farther

I geive, devise and assigne vnto my said wiffe All those houses and grounds in - Polskeyes alias Polteskayes which is now in the possesion of Stephen West and all that one Close in Rosemollyn which is now in the possession of William Cork To Have and to holde the said houses grounde and Close of land vnto the said Katherin and her assignes duringe her Natural life.

Item I farther geive and bequeath vnto my saide wiffe one wilde Cowe and Calf which she now hath and one \graye\ ^Reddd^ Mare the Colte of the Mare which I haue solde to John Came and my best bedd with the furniture therof.

Item I geive and bequeth vnto my son Robert Hore one yeowe and to euery of his children xij/d pence.

Item I geive and bequeth vnto my son Lancelott one yeowe and to euery of his children xij/d pence.

Item I geive and bequeth vnto Anne my daughter one yeowe and to euery of his children xij/d

Item I geive and bequeth vnto my grandchild Stephen Hore the sonne of John Hore after the death of my wiffe and my sonne John my Silver salte saller and a dosen of silver spoones and to euery of my sonne John Hores children xij/d a pence

Item I geive until William Hunnywill the writer hereof v/s. The residew of all my goodes and Chattalls not given or bequeathed I geive and bequeath vnto Katherin my wiffe and John Hore my sonne whome I make and ordaine my full and whole exectores of this my last will and testament.

In witnes whereof I haue heere vnto sett my hand and seal the daye and yeere aforesaid In presence of whose name followeth W: Hunnwill, the sign of Stephen Hore, John Cane. the sign of Stephen West

Will supplied by Gloria Dunn on GENES 30-9-2008.

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Stephen Hore may be minor gentry or a yeoman.

Stephen Hore was a man of property who owned and rented out his many houses and land.

It appears he sold off his tinworks inherited from his father as it is not specifically listed in his will. However his brother John inherited half ownership in the family tin mines Yeomen were called upon to serve their sovereign and country well after the Middle Ages, for example in the Yeomanry Cavalry of the late 18th century and later Imperial Yeomanry of the late 1890s.

Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms, wrote that "a Yeoman would not normally have less than 100 acres" (40 hectares) "and in social status is one step down from the Landed Gentry, but above, say, a husbandman. "(English Genealogy, Oxford, 1960, pps: 125-130).

A yeoman could be equally comfortable working on his farm, educating himself from books, or enjoying country sports such as shooting and hunting. By contrast members of the landed gentry and the aristocracy did not farm their land themselves, but let it to tenant farmers. Yeomen in the Tudor and Stuart periods might also lease or rent lands to the minor gentry. However, yeomen and tenant farmers were the two main divisions of the rural middle class, and the yeoman was a respectable, honourable class and ranked above the husbandmen, artisans, and labourers.

Isaac Newton and many other famous people such as Thomas Jefferson hailed from the yeoman class. Isaac Newton inherited a small farm which paid the bills for his academic work. Many yeomen were rich enough to send their sons to school to qualify for a gentlemanly profession. Earlier, the sons of many yeoman families served in royal or great noble households providing not menial, but honourable service, as his social status or degree in society was equal in the royal or noble household.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary, (edited by H.W. & F.G. Fowler, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1972 reprint, p. 1516) states that a yeoman was "a person qualified by possessing free land of 40/- (shillings) annual [feudal] value, and who can serve on juries and vote for a Knight of the Shire. He is sometimes described as a small landowner.