Gentry

• How much did the gentry class grow to?

  15,000 in total (300% increase)
• What was the divide between higher and lesser gentry?

  3,000 higher and 12,000 lesser
• How many gentry did Yorkshire have?


  256 higher gentry and 323 lesser gentry out of a population of more than 300,000
• Who are important gentry figures?

  • Hampden
  • Pym
  • Cromwell
  • Monck
• What percentage of power and land was controlled by the gentry?

  50% (1/2)