This class made up five percent of the society (Bentheraang’s Blog). This class consisted of knights, squires, gentlemen, and gentlewomen that didn’t work with their hands. The only way to become part of the Gentry Class was to become wealthy in money or in property. In fact, they were as wealthy as the Nobility Class, but they were not born nobles. Many famous people were from the Gentry Class including: Francis Bacon, Francis Drake, and Sir Walter Raleigh (Elizabethan Era). Then the Merchant Class followed. The people that were in this class lived in prosperity. The merchants in this class lived based on the wool trade. These people also made money through all goods exported and imported into England. Even though these classes were not the highest ranked classes, the people that were apart of them still lived a good