A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman.
male of legal age with the right to vote, own land and practice a trade.
One who held the full rights of citizenship, such as voting and engaging in business, as opposed to an INDENTURED SERVANT
Freeman of the City is a person who has gained the Freedom of the City. Candidates for becoming a Common Councilman and Alderman must be Freemen to qualify and, as such, all Members of the Court of Common Council are Freemen. The City of London can also award an honorary Freedom and such an award is the highest the City of London offers. Past recipients of such an award include Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela.
A male head of a household who had the right to vote and was considered an official citizen of a town. Not all adult men were freemen.
francus homo, socmannus Class of peasant, substantial in number in Domesday, particularly in areas of Danelaw, and possessing relatively strong economic position. Francus homo refers to a French, particularly Norman settler, equivalent in status to a freeman.
one who is eligible to vote. The date following is the date he was admitted.
Not to be understood in the modern sense but a man who was personally free but could owe rents or obligations to his lord; many freemen in Domesday are "lesser thegns". (Wood, Michael. Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England, 213)