|
Name |
What they Did |
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Accomptant |
Accountant |
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Almoner |
Gave charity to the needy |
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Amanuensis |
Secretary or stenographer |
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Artificer |
A soldier mechanic who does repairs |
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Bailie |
Bailiff |
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Baxter |
Baker |
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Bluestocking |
Female writer |
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Boniface |
Inn Keeper |
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Brazier |
One who works with brass |
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Brewster |
Beer manufacturer |
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Brightsmith |
Metal Worker |
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Burgonmaster |
Mayor |
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Caulker |
One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seams to make
them watertight by using tar or oakum |
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Chaisemaker |
Carriage maker |
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Chandler |
Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of
groceries |
|
Chiffonnier |
Wig maker |
|
Clark |
Clerk |
|
Clerk |
Clergyman, cleric |
|
Clicker |
The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers;
one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors
and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes
eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. |
|
Cohen |
Priest |
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Collier |
Coal miner |
|
Colporteur |
Peddler of books |
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Cooper |
One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops,
such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. |
|
Cordwainer |
Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba
in Spain |
|
Costermonger |
Peddler of fruits and vegetables |
|
Crocker |
Potter |
|
Crowner |
Coroner |
|
Currier |
One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb; one who
tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease |
|
Docker |
Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo |
|
Dowser |
One who finds water using a rod or witching stick |
|
Draper |
A dealer in dry goods |
|
Drayman |
One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying
heavy loads |
|
Dresser |
A surgeon's assistant in a hospital |
|
Drover |
One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle |
|
Duffer |
Peddler |
|
Factor |
Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business
for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate |
|
Farrier |
A blacksmith, one who shoes horses |
|
Faulkner |
Falconer |
|
Fell Monger |
One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather
making |
|
Fletcher |
One who made bows and arrows |
|
Fuller |
One who fulls cloth; one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth
by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes
cloth Gaoler |
|
Glazier |
Window glassman |
|
Hacker |
Maker of hoes |
|
Hatcheler |
One who combed out or carded flax |
|
Haymonger |
Dealer in hay |
|
Hayward |
Keeper of fences |
|
Higgler |
Itinerant peddler |
|
Hillier |
Roof tiler |
|
Hind |
A farm laborer |
|
Holster |
A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn |
|
Hooker |
Reaper |
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Hooper |
One who made hoops for casks and barrels |
|
Huckster |
Sells small wares |
|
Husbandman |
A farmer who cultivated the land |
|
Jagger |
Fish peddler |
|
Journeyman |
One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft,
not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day |
|
Joyner/Joiner |
A skilled carpenter |
|
Keeler |
Bargeman |
|
Kempster |
Wool comber |
|
Lardner |
Keeper of the cupboard |
|
Lavender |
Washer woman |
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Lederer |
Leather maker |
|
Leech |
Physician |
|
Longshoreman |
Stevedore |
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Lormer |
Maker of horse gear |
|
Malender |
Farmer |
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Maltster |
Brewer |
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Manciple |
A steward |
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Mason |
Bricklayer |
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Mintmaster |
One who issued local currency |
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Monger |
Seller of goods (ale, fish) |
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Muleskinner |
Teamster |
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Neatherder |
Herds cows |
|
Ordinary Keeper |
Innkeeper with fixed prices |
|
Pattern Maker |
A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden
pole with a pattern cut into the end |
|
Peregrinator |
Itinerant wanderer |
|
Peruker |
A wig maker |
|
Pettifogger |
A shyster lawyer |
|
Pigman |
Crockery dealer |
|
Plumber |
One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for
plain or stained glass windows. |
|
Porter |
Door keeper |
|
Puddler |
Wrought iron worker. The skilled man who supervised the moten
mass, deciding when it was ready for shingling, hammering and
rolling. |
|
Quarrier |
Quarry worker |
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Rigger |
Hoist tackle worker |
|
Ripper |
Seller of fish |
|
Roper |
Maker of rope or nets |
|
Saddler |
One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings
for horses |
|
Sawbones |
Physician |
|
Sawyer |
One who saws; carpenter |
|
Schumacker |
Shoemaker |
|
Scribler |
A minor or worthless author |
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Scrivener |
Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public |
|
Scrutiner |
Election judge |
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Shrieve |
Sheriff |
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Slater |
Roofer |
|
Slopseller |
Seller of ready |
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Snobscat/Snob |
One who repaired shoes |
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Sorter |
Tailor |
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Spinster |
A woman who spins or an unmarried woman |
|
Spurrer |
Maker of spurs |
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Squire |
Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace |
|
Stuff Gown |
Junior barrister |
|
Stuff Gownsman |
Junior barrister |
|
Supercargo |
Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial
concerns of the ship |
|
Tanner |
One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather |
|
Tapley |
One who puts the tap in an ale cask |
|
Tasker |
Reaper |
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Teamster |
One who drives a team for hauling |
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Thatcher |
Roofer |
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Tide waiter |
Customs inspector |
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Tinker |
An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman |
|
Tipstaff |
Policeman |
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Travers |
Toll bridge collection |
|
Tucker |
Cleaner of cloth goods |
|
Turner |
A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles |
|
Victualer |
A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with
food supplies |
|
Vulcan |
Blacksmith |
|
Wagoner |
Teamster not for hire |
|
Wainwright |
Wagon maker |
|
Waiter |
Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to
collect duty on goods brought in |
|
Waterman |
Boatman who plies for hire |
|
Webster |
Operator of looms |
|
Wharfinger |
Owner of a wharf |
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Wheelwright |
One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. |
|
Whitesmith |
Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work |
|
Whitewing |
Street sweeper |
|
Whitster |
Bleach of cloth |
|
Wright |
Workman, especially a construction worker |
|
Yeoman |
Farmer who owns his own land |