occupations

@1996 -2009 - Sue Ashby Updated 10/11/2009

OCCUPATIONS CHART

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