Mayor with yen to relocate old freeholders (8)
I believe the answer is:
yeomanry
'old freeholders' is the definition.
'yeomanry' can be an answer for 'freeholders' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'old' bit.
'mayor with yen to relocate' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to relocate' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'relocated' mean this).
'mayor' put after 'yen' is 'yenmayor'.
'yenmayor' is an anagram of 'YEOMANRY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yeomanry that I've seen before include "Former volunteer cavalry force, many yore (anag.)" , "A body of smaller freeholders (hist.)" , "Body of small freeholders" , "Class of small freeholders cultivating their own land" , "Group of small estate owners (historical)" .)