It was mainly composed of country gentlemen, and it had been the policy of the Tudors to rely upon that class as a counterpoise to the old nobility.
The members were either lawyers or country gentlemen, the main supports of the Tudor monarchy, and Henry strengthened his hold upon them by letting them loose on the special abuses which had grown up in the ecclesiastical courts.
Such proclamations were from time to time issued, and though sometimes evaded, were frequently enforced by fines, so that living in London was a risk and danger to country gentlemen of fortune.
These are instances drawn from the inferior classes of society; but the same spirit actuated the country gentlemen: one instance represents many.
As during their whole lives they are engaged in plans and projects, they have frequently more acuteness of understanding than the greater part of country gentlemen.
A letter in that authentic and interesting accession to our knowledge of ancient times, the Paston collection, shows that eager canvass was sometimes made by country gentlemen in Edward IV.
But a more material observation is, that the sons of country gentlemen living at a considerable distance were already sent to public schools for grammatical education.
Such a person, however, must have been among the most opulent of country gentlemen.
Two or three North-country gentlemen, that were employed in this affair, had conducted it with great secrecy and expedition.
As Sir Francis Burdett said, country gentlemen had to bear a heavy burden of taxation, besides poor-rates, tithes, and the expense of the mounted yeomanry.
Pitt showed a good example to country gentlemen by drilling his corps of Volunteers at Walmer, so that it became a model of efficiency.
The spring races were in April, and the summer races in June; but there was a constant racing all the year round with the horses of country gentlemen.
The idea of a compromise was taken up on the 20th by the "country gentlemen.
Their great-grandmothers, it is true, were sometimes troubled with the same longings, for among the many proclamations against the residence in London of country gentlemen in unofficial positions is one of James I.
Country gentlemen no longer have houses in the county-town, but flock to London for the purposes of social and fashionable life.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "country gentlemen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
