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Old Occupations Listing

  • 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-hem fiber produced by taking old ropes apart

  • Chaisemaker Carriage maker

  • Chandler Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries ship supplier

  • 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

  • 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 Am 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