The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman. The parish records described William the elder as husbandman, gardener and farmer. Previous names for a farmer were churl and husbandman. In Charlestown he worked as a husbandman, holding the offices of Cow Commissioner and Surveyor. Landowners frequently cultivated their land themselves, but could also employ a husbandman, or rent it. The Father is the vinedresser, vinegrower or husbandman. Ying ("Abundance") was said to have been bestowed by Shun upon Dafei (the husbandman Yi). Anthony Fothergill, a husbandman in the county of Westmorland. The average amount of land used by a husbandman in Scotland might have been . Thomas Bradwater is listed as a husbandman of the place. The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman does include the Moon/cheese element.