This
is a list of all the people in the Llanfair area who wanted themselves
listed as "Gentry" in 1835.
The gentry were people who did not
do a job to earn a living, but earned money by letting their property
to tenants and charging a rent. They certainly thought of themselves as
being superior to those "in trade"
or who worked for them.
Some of the names of
the local great houses have been given unusual spellings by printers unfamiliar
with Welsh placenames, but they will still be recognisable to local people.
The surnames are first
The
professional men at the beginning of
Victoria's reign had to work to earn a living, but they were men who were
educated. Here we can see the lawyers
or attorneys who were trained in the
law, and the local bookseller, stationer and printer. At the beginning of
Queen Victoria's reign only the gentry and professional classes could read.
These people would have been Robert Jones' customers.