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Yeoman refers chiefly to a free man owning his own farm, especially from the Elizabethan era to the 17th century. Work requiring a great deal of effort or labor, such as would be done by a yeoman farmer, came to be described as "yeoman's work".[1] Thus yeoman became associated with hard toil.[2]
Yeomen filled many roles from the Middle Ages through to the 19th century. They were often constables of their parish, and sometimes chief constables of the district, shire or hundred. Many yeomen held the positions of bailiffs for the High Sheriff or for the shire or hundred. Other civic duties would include churchwarden, bridge warden, and other warden duties. It was also common for a yeoman to be an overseer for his parish. Yeomen, whether working for a lord, king, shire, knight, district or parish served in localised or municipal police forces raised by or led by the landed gentry.
Question... Can the son of a Yeoman become a self appointed SirSir is an honorific used as a title (see Knight), or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures. It is often used in formal correspondence (Dear Sir, Right Reverend Sir).
The term is often reserved for use only towards equals, one of superior rank or status, such as an educator or commanding officer, an elder (especially by a minor), or as a form of address from a merchant to a customer.
Equivalent terms of address are "ma'am" or "madam" in most cases, or in the case of a very young woman, girl, or unmarried woman who prefers to be addressed as such, "miss". The equivalent term for a knighted woman is Dame, or
"Lady" for the wife of a knight.
In formal protocol Sir is the correct styling for a knight or a baronet (the United Kingdom nobiliary rank just below all peers of the realm), used with (one of) the knight's given name(s) or full name, but not with the surname alone
The rank of
Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry.
Like other knights, Knights Bachelor are styled
"Sir". Since they are not knights of any order of chivalry, there is no post-nominal associated with the award.
Question... is there a list held for those that were Knighted 
Kayzee, here is some info about where the Honours lists are announced- There are 3 lists of honours, which are published in The London Gazette twice a year, at New Year and in mid-June on the date of The Queen’s official birthday. They are the Prime Minister’s List, the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List, and the Defence Services List.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/protocol/honours/London Gazette Archives Online
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/15519/pages/1052'NOtice is hereby given, that the Business of Merchants and General Commission Agents, carried on by us in
Partnership, at -Kingston-upon-Hull, under the Firm of Nelson and Wood, was tliis Day dissolved by .mutual Consent. The Business .will in future be carried on by Thomas Wood, on his own separate Account.; and all the Debts owing to and from, -she Firm will he received and paid byMarmaduke Nelson.. Witness our Hands this 27th Day ofSeptember-1802. Marmaduke Nelson.
Thomas Wood.http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/15013/pages/382Monday the iSth Day of June, 1798, between the Hours of Eleven and Twelve in the Forenoon* in Six Lots, Several Freehold Estates, "situate at Kingston upon Hull, at Holmpton, Welwick, and Hollym in Holderness, iii the East Riding of the County of York, ana at Winterton in the County of Lincoln. Particulars whereof may be had, gratis, at the (aid Ma'kr's Chambers, Southampton-Buildings aforesaid ; of Mr. Lambert, Solicitor, Hatton Garden, London} of Mr.'Cbeales, Sleaford, Lincolnshire; of Mess. Lockwood and Duesbery, Bevrrley ; of" Mess. Prickett, Hull.; of Mr. Smith, Attorney, York;and of
Mr. Wood, North Cave, Yorkshire.
Nothing found for a Knighthood
