Gentry

• How many Knights in the gentry?

  500
• How many esquires in the church?

  800
• How many gentlemen in the Gentry?

  5000
• What were the greater gentry?


  Great landowners, some had knighthood
• Who were esquires?


  Landowners, may be office holders, far less social prestige
• How much of the population did the gentry and nobility make up in 1500?

  1%