Wars  1565 To 1902
Contributed by Dan Burrows [email protected]

OCCUPATIONS CHART

OCCUPATIONS CHART

Accomptant = Accountant

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 currycomb; 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 = 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

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

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