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 |
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