In Scotland, besides, as no leasehold gives a vote for a member of parliament, the yeomanry are upon this account less respectable to their landlords than in England.
Elizabeth's granduncle, Robert Steward, became the first Dean of Ely Cathedral in 1541 which brought the family line wealth through long term profitable leaseholds in the surrounding area.
Every week Jasper asked Netty about the leasehold, and Netty asked her uncle, and her uncle said, 'I'll go and see the squire's agent next week.' But still nothing happened.