Yeoman and Grassman

[Johnsonsyard]

does any one know if its possible for a Grassman in the 17th century be also classed as a yeoman ? I ask as my Grassmans father was a yeoman with a messuage and six oxgangs, thanks.

[Vance Mead]

I find two possible meanings for Grassman:

A feudal tenant who occupies a cottage in return for providing labour; a cottier, cottager; especially one who occupies a cottage with no land attached to it but has grazing rights. In later use chiefly Scottish.

An elected or appointed officer in charge of the common land in a parish, district, etc., and responsible for its condition. Now rare (in later use chiefly English regional).

So in the second meaning he could be a yeoman, but not in the first.

[Johnsonsyard]

I find two possible meanings for Grassman:

A feudal tenant who occupies a cottage in return for providing labour; a cottier, cottager; especially one who occupies a cottage with no land attached to it but has grazing rights. In later use chiefly Scottish.

An elected or appointed officer in charge of the common land in a parish, district, etc., and responsible for its condition. Now rare (in later use chiefly English regional).


Thanks
So in the second meaning he could be a yeoman, but not in the first.