(UNDER-1 6 a.)
1609. T. Cocks, Diary (1901), 77/5. Rec’ of the vnderfermer of Bramblinge,… ijs vjd.
a. 1751. Bolingbroke, Refl. St. Nation, Wks. 1754, III. 160. All who served, cheated the public,… from the commissioners of the treasury down to the under-farmers and the under-treasurers.
1890. Seton-Karr, Cornwallis, vi. 131. In 1793 a law had been enacted defining the extent of the legal coercion which landholders might exercise over under-farmers, dependent Tálukdárs, and Ryots, but it was soon found to be insufficient for this purpose.
