Almoner - Giver of charity to the
needy
Amanuensis - Secretary or stenographer
Artificer - A soldier
mechanic who does repairs
Bailie - Bailiff
Baxter - Baker
Bluestocking
- Female writer
Boniface- Keeper of an inn
Brazier - One who works with
brass
Brewster - Beer manufacturer
Brightsmith- Metal
Worker
Burgonmaster- Mayor
Caulker - One who filled up cracks (in ships or
windows) or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hemp fiber
produced by taking old ropes apart
Chaisemaker - Carriage maker
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
Collier- Coal
miner
Colporteur- Peddler of books
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/one who finishes cloth to give it a smooth nap
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 - A keeper of the goal, a jailer
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
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
Lederer - Leather
maker
Leech - Physician
Longshoreman -Stevedore
Lormer- Maker of horse
gear
Malender - Farmer
Maltster - Brewer
Manciple - A steward
Mason
- Bricklayer
Mintmaster - One who issued local currency
Monger - Seller of
goods (ale, fish)
Muleskinner - Teamster
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
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
Scrivener -Professional or public copyist or writer; notary
public
Scrutiner - Election judge
Shrieve - Sheriff
Slater -
Roofer
Slopseller - Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop
shop
Snobscat/Snob - One who repaired shoes
Sorter -Tailor
Spinster - A
woman who spins or an unmarried woman
Spurrer - Maker of spurs
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
Teamster - One who drives
a team for hauling
Thatcher - Roofer
Tide waiter - Customs
inspector
Tinker - An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and
repairman
Tipstaff -Policeman
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
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