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Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	Rachel	Report	21 Dec 2007 19:06
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	does anyone know what a farm baliff did, i've tried googling but not much coming up. thanx rachel
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	21 Dec 2007 19:09
	My understanding of the term is that the Bailiff was employed by the landowner who owned a farm or farms, the bailiff being in charge of seeing that the tenant farmer(s) kept the farm(s) in a good state and paid the rent on time. He acted as a 'middle man' between the two, although I suspect he was more on the landowner's side than the tenant farmer....
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Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	Rachel	Report	21 Dec 2007 19:24
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	thanx guys, my great x 3 grandfather was a farm baliff in pembroke before he had his own business, it must have paid alright wages. thanx rachel