What is "burgesses"

Usage examples of "burgesses".

Grammar School, more properly known as the King Edward the Sixth Foundation for the Sons of Yeomen, Burgesses and Those of the Better Sort.

A large new wing-a monstrosity, the reactionaries called it -had been added to the rear and the left side of the old school five years before, for the yeomen and burgesses, if not the better sort, had recently increased in alarming numbers.

Their route led them past Kingsmarkham Boys' Grammar School, more properly known as the King Edward the Sixth Foundation for the Sons of Yeomen, Burgesses and Those of the Better Sort.

Tomorrow night I'll be utterly prostrate after my tussles with the sons of yeomen, burgesses and those of the better sort.