Cambridgeshire
Ranks, Professions, Occupations and Trades
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ABLE SEAMAN | A seaman who reached a standard of skill above that of Ordinary Seaman. |
| ACADEMIC | A scholarly person, of a university, etc. |
| ACADEMICIAN | A member of an academy, especially of the Royal Academy of Arts. |
| ACATER | A person who supplied food provisions, e.g. a ships chandler. Orig. Fr. achateur, meaning buyer. |
| ACCIPITRARY | A falconer. |
| ACCOMPTANT | An accountant. |
| ACCOUCHEUR | A person, not always a qualified physician, who assisted women in child birth. |
| ACCOUNTANT | A person involved in maintenance and auditing of accounts and financial matters |
| ACCOUTRE | A supplier or maker of military clothing or equipment. |
| ACCOUTREMENT MAKER | A supplier or maker of military clothing or equipment. |
| ACKERMAN | See ACREMAN. |
| ACREMAN | A ploughman or oxherder. |
| ACTUARY | An expert in statistics, especially one who calculates insurance risks, a person who kept public accounts of business. |
| ADMINISTRATOR | An appointee of the court who settles the estate of a deceased who died without leaving a will, or where an executor is unwilling or unable to serve as executor. |
| ADVENTURER | A person who seeks adventures; a mercenary soldier; a commercial speculator; one who lives by his wits. |
| ADVERTISEMENT CONVEYANCER | A sandwich board man. |
| ADVOCATE | A Solicitor, a Lawyer, a person who acted as a prosecutor in a court of law in Scotland. |
| ADVOCATE DEPUTE | A Scottish law officer who could act as public prosecutor. |
| ADVOWEE | A person who possessed an Advowson, normally a nobleman, who had the right to present a clergyman to a benefice. |
| AERONAUT | A balloonist or a trapeze artist in the circus or music halls. |
| AFFEEROR | An official in the manorial courts who assessed the monetary penalty. They also collected taxes and dues and were also called Assessor. |
| AG LAB | see ARGICULTURAL LABOURER. |
| AGENT | A person who acted on behalf of a company or another person. |
| AGISTER | An official of the Royal Forest. In the New Forest, it is the title for the person in charge of the ponies. |
| AGRICULTURAL LABOURER (Ag. Lab.) | An unskilled worker on a farm. |
| AGRICULTURIST | A person involved with land cultivation or animal husbandry. |
| ALABASTERER | A person who worked with alabaster. |
| ALBLASTERE | A crossbow man. |
| ALCHEMIST | A medieval chemist who claimed to be able to turn base metals into gold. |
| ALDERMAN | A senior councillor one position down from Mayor in the local council. |
| ALE CONNER | see ALE FOUNDER. |
| ALE DRAPER | A seller of ale. |
| ALE FOUNDER | An official who tested quality and measure of ale served in public houses |
| ALE TASTER | A person who tested ale and beer for quality first recorded in 1377 in London. Appointed by the Manor and forerunner of the Inspector for Weights & Measures |
| ALE TUNNER | A worker employed by the brewery to fill ale casks (tuns} with ale. |
| ALEWIFE | A woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern. |
| ALL SPICE | A nickname for a grocer. |
| ALMANAC MAN | An official appointed by the Court of Sewers who warned the inhabitants of the Trent River area of higher than normal tides |
| ALMONER | [1] Distributor of charity to the needy. [2] The person in charge of an Almshouse. [3] The title of hospital managers until the 1970's. |
| ALMSMAN | A person who received alms or charity. |
| ALNAGER | An official who examined the quality of woollen goods and stamped them with the town seal of approval. |
| AMANUENSIS | A person who writes what another dictates (words or music) or copies manucripts; a secretary or stenographer. |
| AMBER & JET CUTTER | A person who cut and polished amber and jet for jewellery. |
| AMBER CUTTER | A person who cut ambergris. |
| AMBLER | An officer of the Royal Stable who broke in horses. |
| AMEN MAN | A parish clerk. |
| ANCHOR SMITH | A person who made anchors. |
| ANCHORESS | A female hermit or religious recluse. |
| ANCHORITE | A male hermit or religious recluse. |
| ANGLE IRON SMITH | A person who made angle iron i.e. flat iron bars bent at right angles lengthways. |
| ANILEPMAN | A smallholder (tenant of the manor). |
| ANIMAL & BIRD PRESERVER | A taxidermist. |
| ANKLE BEATER | A young person who helped to drive the cattle to market. |
| ANNATTO MAKER | A person who worked in the manufacture of dyes for paint or printing. |
| ANNUITANT | A person who received an annual income not from working e.g. pensioner. |
| ANTIGROPELOS MAKER | A person who made waterproof leggings. |
| ANVIL SMITH | A person who made anvils and hammers for blacksmiths. |
| APIARIAN | A beekeeper. |
| APOTHEECARY | A chemist, druggist, pharmacist. |
| APPARITOR | An official who summoned witnesses in the ecclesiastical courts. |
| APPRAISER | A person who appraised the value of goods i.e. a broker. |
| APPRENTICE | A person who was bound to a skilled worker for a specified time to learn a trade. |
| APRONEER | A slang term used in London for a shopkeeper. |
| APRONMAN | A mechanic. |
| AQUARIUS (EWAR) | A waterman. |
| AQUAVITA SELLER | A person who sold alcohol. |
| ARBITER | A person who judged disputes. |
| ARCHER | A person skilled in using a bow and arrow. |
| ARCHIATOR | A physician. |
| ARCHIL MAKER | A person who made a violet dye from lichens, used in the textile industry. |
| ARCHIVIST | A person who kept records of historical value. |
| ARKWRIGHT | A skilled craftsman who produced "arks" (wooden chests or coffers). |
| ARMIGER | Someone entitled to bear heraldic arms. A squire who carried the armour of a knight. |
| ARMOURER | A person who made suits of armour or plates of armour for buildings or ships etc. |
| ARTIFICER | [1] A contriver (q.v.) [2] An army or navy mechanic who does repairs to military equipment. |
| ARTISAN | A skilled tradesman. |
| ARTIST IN FIREWORKS | A person who prepared fireworks displays. |
| ASHMAN | A dustman. |
| ASSAY MASTER | The person who determined the amount of gold or silver to go in coins. |
| ASSAYER | A person who determined the proportions of metal in ore. |
| AUGER MAKER | A person who made the carpenters augers (used for boring holes in wood). |
| AULNAGER | See ALNAGER. |
| AURIFABER | A goldsmith. |
| AVENATOR (PLANTIFENE) | A hay and forage merchant. |
| AVOWRY | Another term for the lord of the manor. |
| AXLE TREE MAKER or TURNER | A person who made axles for coaches and wagons. |
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| Name | Description | BACK WASHER | A person employed to clean the wool in the worsted manufacturing industry. |
|---|---|
| BACK'US BOY | A kitchen servant, (from "back of the house"). |
| BACKMAKER | A person who made "backs", vats, tubs, a Cooper. |
| BACKSTER | A baker. |
| BADGER | [1] A licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it and could
only work in a defined area (the term "Badgering" comes from this). [2] A corn miller or dealer. [3] An itinerant food trader. |
| BADGY FIDDLER | A boy trumpeter in the military. |
| BAGMAN | A travelling salesman. |
| BAGNIOKEEPER | A person in charge of a bath house or brothel. |
| BAILIE | see BAILIFF. |
| BAILIFF | An officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of the Landowner or Landlord. In Scotland a magistrate of the burgh, also looked after the fishing rights on certain rivers. |
| BAILLEE | see BAILIFF. |
| BAILLIE | see BAILIFF. |
| BAIRMAN | A pauper, beggar. |
| BAL MAIDEN | A female mine worker who worked on the surface (aka Pit Brow Lass). |
| BALANCER | A person employed in the coal mines to operate the "balance" which is a slope with a pulley at the top where empty coal tubs pulled full tubs up the slope. |
| BALER | A person who bales of hay. In the mills it was a person who bailed wool or cotton goods. |
| BALISTER | An archer most commonly a crossbow-man. |
| BALLAD MONGER | A person who sold printed ballads on the street. |
| BALLARD MASTER | The person in charge of loading the ballast into the hold of empty ships. |
| BALLAST HEAVER | A person who loaded ballast into the hold of empty ships. |
| BALLER | A person who assisted the potter by measuring out the balls of clay. |
| BALLER UP | see BALLER. |
| BAND FILER | A metal worker in the gun making industry. |
| BANDSTER | A person who bound the wheat sheaves after harvest. |
| BANG BEGGAR | An officer of the parish who controlled the length of stay of any stranger to the parish. |
| BANKER | A person who dug trenches and ditches to allow drainage of the land, placing the surplus earth in banks around the edge. |
| BANKSMAN | A person employed in the mining industry being in charge of the cages at the pit head. Sometimes known as a BANK MANAGER or BROWMAN. |
| BARBER | A man who cuts men's hair and shaves beards, a men's hairdresser. See also BARBER SURGEON. |
| BARBER SURGEON | A Barber prior to the 18c also a Surgeon. In the 18th century, an Act was passed that limited Barbers to hair-cutting, shaving, dentistry and blood letting |
| BARD | A poet or minstrel. |
| BAREMAN | A beggar or pauper. |
| BAREMAN | A pauper, beggar. |
| BARGE MATE | A Naval officer. |
| BARGEE | See BARGEMAN. |
| BARGEMAN | A person who worked on or owned and operated a barge. |
| BARILLA MANUFACTURER | A person who made barilla, a substance obtained from burning saltworts, the resulting mixture of sodium salts being used in the glass and ceramics industry. |
| BARKEEPER | Another name for a toll-keeper. |
| BARKER | See BARKMAN. |
| BARKMAN | A person who tanned leather using the bark of trees, later the term was also used for a person employed to attract attention at fairgrounds by shouting details of the attraction. |
| BARLEYMAN | See BYLAWMAN. |
| BARM BREWER | A person who made yeast. |
| BARMASTER | The arbiter of disputes in the lead mining industry. They were also in charge of the standard measure for the ore. |
| BARREL FILER | A person employed in the gun manufacturing industry. |
| BARROWMAN | A person employed in the coal mines to push the barrow from the pit face to the shaft. |
| BARTONER | The person in charge of the monastic farm, also known as a barton. |
| BASIL WORKER | A person who worked with sheep and goat skins. |
| BASKETMAN | A person who made baskets, and furniture from wicker, also a person employed to empty the basket of coal being offloaded from the colliers into the barges. |
| BASS or BAST DRESSER | A person employed in dressing fibre or matting. |
| BATHING MACHINE PROPRIETOR | A person who owned and hired the changing huts used at the seaside in the 18c by bathers. |
| BATMAN | An officers servant in the army. |
| BATT MAKER | A person who made the wadding used in quilt and mattress making. |
| BATTLEDORE MAKER | A person who made the beaters used on clothes, carpets, etc., to remove the dust. Later they made the paddles used in washing machines. |
| BAVEN MAKER | A maker of kindling. A bavin (or baven) is a thin piece of wood or split, with the end wittled and curled with a knife and used for kindling. |
| BAXTER | A baker. |
| BAYWEAVER | A person who wove bay (a fine woollen fabric also known as baize). |
| BEAD PIERCER | A person employed to drill the holes in beads. |
| BEADLE | An officer of the parish whose principle duty was to keep order, also was the town crier. |
| BEADMAN | See BEDESMAN. |
| BEADSMAN | See BEDESMAN. |
| BEAMER | A person employed in the textile trade to wind the warp on the roller before putting it on the loom. |
| BEARER | A person who worked underground carrying the coal to the bottom of the pit shaft and placed it in the containers for uplifting to the surface. |
| BEATER | A person who cleansed and thickened the cloth by treading it underwater with fullers earth, aka Fuller. |
| BEAVER | A person who made felt used in hat making. |
| BEDEL(L) | See BEADLE. |
| BEDESMAN | [1] A person employed to pray for his employer. [2] The inhabitant of an almshouse / poorhouse / hospital. [3] A tenant employed by the manor for a specific service. |
| BEDMAN | A sexton. |
| BEDRAL | In Scotland, a minor church official. |
| BEDWEVERE | A person who made the webbing for bed frames, also a person who wove quilts. |
| BEEKEEPER | A person who kept bees for their honey. |
| BEEMASTER | See BEEKEEPER. |
| BEESKEP MAKER | A person who made beehives. |
| BEETLER | A person who operated a beetling machine, used in the textile trade for embossing fabric. |
| BELHOSTE | A tavern keeper. |
| BELL HANGER | A person who installed bells in churches. |
| BELLEYETERE | A bellfounder. |
| BELLFOUNDER | A person who made bells. |
| BELLMAN | [1] A person employed as a watchman or town crier. [2] A person who worked for the post office and collected letters for the mail coach by walking the streets and ringing a bell. |
| BELLOWFARMER | A person who was responsible for the care and maintenance of the church organ. |
| BELLOWS MAKER | A person who made bellows used for organs or blacksmiths fires. |
| BELLY BUILDER | A person who built and fitted the interiors of pianos. |
| BELTER | See BELLFOUNDER. |
| BENDER | A person who cut leather. |
| BESOM MAKER | A person who made brooms made of a bundle of birch twigs bound onto a handle which was a thicker and roughly straight branch of the same wood. |
| BESOMER | A person who sweeps with a besom, also possibly used to describe a BESOM MAKER. |
| BESSWARDEN | A person appointed by the parish to look after its animals. |
| BIDDY | A female servant usually of Irish stock. |
| BILL POSTER | A person who put up notices, signs and advertisements. |
| BILLIARD-MARKER | A person who attends on players at billiards and records the progress of the game. |
| BILLIER | See BILLYMAN. |
| BILLITER | See BELLFOUNDER. |
| BILLYMAN | A person who operated a Billy Roller, a machine used in the cotton industry to prepare the cotton for spinning. |
| BINDER | A person who bound items e.g. books, hats etc. |
| BIRD BOY | A person employed to scare away birds from crops. |
| BIRD CATCHER | A person who caught birds for selling. |
| BIRDS NEST SELLER | A person who sold birds nest collected from the wild complete with eggs, these were then hatched by domestic birds and sold as pets. |
| BIRLYMAN | In Scotland a ground officer or parish arbiter. |
| BLACK BORDERER | A person who made black edged stationery for funerals. |
| BLACK TRAY MAKER | A person who made Japanned trays. |
| BLACKING MAKER | A person who made polish for shoes. |
| BLADESMITH | A swordmaker or knife maker. |
| BLAXTER | See BLEACHER. |
| BLEACHER | A person who bleached cloth or paper pulp. |
| BLEMMERE | A plumber |
| BLENTONIST | A water diviner |
| BLINDSMAN | A person employed by the Post Office to deal with incorrectly addressed letters and parcels. |
| BLOCK MAKER | A person who engraved the blocks used in the printing trade. |
| BLOCK PRINTER | A printer who used wooden blocks for printing. |
| BLOCKCUTTER | See BLOCKER. |
| BLOCKER | [1] A person who made wooden blocks used in the hat trade. [2] A person who laid down the blocks on which a ships keel was laid. |
| BLOODLETTER | A person who used leeches for letting blood. This was thought to be a cure for many ailments. |
| BLOODMAN | See BLOODLETTER. |
| BLOOMER | A person who produced iron from ore, a bloom smithy. |
| BLOWER | [1] A glass blower. [2] A person who operated a "blowing machine" used to clean and separate fibres in the textile trade. [3] A person who operated the bellows at a blacksmiths. |
| BLOWFEEDER | A person who fed the fibres into a "blowing machine". |
| BLUE DYER or MAKER | A person who worked with blue dye used by calico printers and laundries to stop the white materials from discolouring. |
| BLUESTOCKING | A nickname for a female writer. The Blue Stocking Society met in about the 1750s to talk about literature, etc, some of the men wearing ordinary blue stockings. It now means a woman who has or affects literary tastes and learning, though it is hardly used. |
| BLUFFER | An innkeeper or landlord of a tavern or public house. |
| BOARDER | A person who was provided with accommodation and meals. See LODGER |
| BOARDING OFFICER | A person who inspected ships before entering port. |
| BOARDMAN | [1] A truant officer who checked school attendance. [2] A tenant of manorial land who paid rent by maintaining the manor's table. |
| BOARDWRIGHT | A person who made tables and chairs aka carpenter. |
| BOATMAN | A person who worked on a boat, predominately on rivers and canals. Also the name given to a boat repairer. |
| BOATSWAIN | A ship's officer. In Anglo-Saxon times Boatswains actually commanded ships. By 17c the Boatswain had sunk in social and professional standing. He was especially responsible for riggings and ground tackle, and kept the ship's stores of cordage, sails & associated gear. |
| BOBBER | [1] A person who polished metals. [2] A person who helped to unload fishing boats. |
| BOBBIN CARRIER | A person who worked in spinning and weaving sections of the mills. |
| BOBBIN TURNER | A person who made the bobbins used in the spinning and weaving industry. |
| BOBBY | A nickname for a policeman, usually of constable rank. |
| BODEYS MAKER | A person who made bodices for women’s garments. |
| BODGER | A craftsman who made wooden chair legs and the spars. They usually worked in the actual woodland that they cut the timber in. |
| BODY MAKER | See BODEYS MAKER. |
| BOILER MAKER | A person who worked with metal in any industrial setting. |
| BOILER PLATER | A person who made rolled iron plate used to make boilers for steam engines etc. |
| BOILERMAKER | A craftsman who worked with metal in any industrial setting. |
| BOLL | A person who looked after power looms in the weaving industry. |
| BOLTER | A person who sifted meal. |
| BONDAGER | A female worker on a farm who was bonded. |
| BONDMAN | A person bonded to a master for the purpose of learning a skill or trade. |
| BONDSMAN | A person who stood bond or surety for another where a bond was required by law. |
| BONE BUTTON TURNER | A person who made buttons using a lathe. |
| BONE LACE MAKER | A person who made pillow lace. |
| BONE MOULD TURNER | A person who made the moulds for button manufacturers. |
| BONE PICKER | A person who collected rags and bones aka Rag and Bone Man. |
| BONESETTER | A person who set broken bones. |
| BONIFACE | An Innkeeper. |
| BOOK GILDER | A person who decorated books with gold leaf. |
| BOOK KEEPER | A person who looked after the accounts for businesses. |
| BOOKHOLDER | The prompter in the theatre. |
| BOOKMAN | A student. |
| BOONMASTER | A surveyor of roads with the responsibilities of maintaining and repairing the road. |
| BOOT CLOSER | A person who worked in the shoe trade stitching together all the parts of a shoe upper. |
| BOOTBINDER | A person employed to operate the machines which bound footwear. |
| BOOTHMAN | A corn merchant. |
| BORLER | A person who made cheap coarse clothing |
| BORSHOLDER | A regional name (Kent) for a constable. |
| BOTCHER | A tailor or cobbler. |
| BOTTILER | See BOTTLER. |
| BOTTLE BOY | A pharmacists assistant. |
| BOTTLER | A person who made leather containers for holding liquids e.g. wine flasks or water bottles. |
| BOTTOM KNOCKER | A sagger makers assistant in the pottery industry. |
| BOTTOM MAKER | A person who moulded the bottoms for saggers in the pottery industry. |
| BOTTOMER | A person who worked down the pits moving the ore etc to the bottom of the shaft for removal. |
| BOWDLER | A person who worked with iron ore. |
| BOWER | See BOWYER. |
| BOWKER | A person who bleached yarn. A local term in some parts of Lancashire for a butcher. |
| BOWLER | A person who made bowls and dishes. Also a term used for people who made the rounded part of spoons before casting. |
| BOWLMAN / BOWLWOMAN | A dealer in crockery. |
| BOWLMINDER | A person in charge of the vats used for washing raw wool before processing. |
| BOWYER | A person who made bows used in archery. |
| BOZZLER | A parish constable. |
| BRABENER | A weaver. |
| BRACHYGRAPHER | A shorthand writer. |
| BRAIDER | A person who made cord by twisting threads or strips of leather. |
| BRAILLER | A person who made girdles. |
| BRAKEMAN or BRAKESMAN | [1] A person who operated the winch at the pit head. [2] A person who operated the braking mechanism on trains and trams. |
| BRASIATOR | A brewer of ale. |
| BRASILER | A dyer. |
| BRASS CUTTER | A person who made copperplate engravings. |
| BRASS FINISHER | A person who polished brass goods. |
| BRASS FOUNDER | A person who cast brass. |
| BRATMAN | A rough garment maker. |
| BRAYER | A person who ground things up in a mortar. |
| BRAZIER | A person who made or repaired household items made from brass. |
| BREACH MAKER | A person who made the breach for guns. |
| BREAKMAN | A bricklayer. |
| BREWSTER | A female brewer. Later, the term became non gender specific. |
| BRICKBURNER | A brickmaker who used a kiln to make bricks. |
| BRICKMAN | A bricklayer. |
| BRIDEWELL KEEPER | The person in charge of a lock-up or jail. |
| BRIDGEMAN | A toll keeper at bridges. |
| BRIDGER | A toll keeper at bridges. |
| BRIGHTSMITH | A person who worked with tin. |
| BROAD CLOTH WEAVER | A person who operated a wide loom. |
| BROAD COOPER | A person employed as a go between for the brewery and the innkeepers. |
| BRODERER | An embroiderer. |
| BROGGER | A wool merchant. |
| BROIDERER | An embroiderer. |
| BROOM DASHER | A dealer in brooms. |
| BROOM SQUIRE | A person who made brooms from birch. |
| BROTHERER | An embroiderer. |
| BROUGE MAKER | A shoemaker. |
| BROW GIRL | A female employed at the pit head. |
| BROWDERER | An embroiderer. |
| BROWNSMITH | A person who works with copper or brass. |
| BUCK WASHER | A laundress. |
| BUCKLE TONGUE MAKER | A person who made the metal points that go in the holes of a belt. |
| BUCKLER | See BUCKLESMITH. |
| BUCKLESMITH | A person who made buckles. |
| BUCKRAM MAKER | A person who worked with buckram (used in stiffening materials) e.g. belts, lapels and collars. |
| BUDDLEBOY | A person employed to use and maintain the vats used in the lead and tin mines for washing the ore. |
| BUFFALO SOLDIER | A soldier serving in a black regiment in the US Army in the West. |
| BULLWHACKER | An oxen driver. |
| BUMBOAT MAN | A person who met ships at anchor, with goods for passengers and crew to purchase. |
| BUMMAREE | A person who acted as middle man between the wholesaler and the retailer at the fish markets. They would purchase the fish for reselling to the retailer. |
| BUMMER | An army deserter. |
| BUNTER | A person who collected rags and bones. |
| BURELER | A person who made borel, a woollen cloth with a coarse feel. |
| BURGESS | A person who represented a borough at official levels. |
| BURGOMASTER | A Mayor of Dutch or Flemish town. |
| BURLER | A quality inspector for clothing. |
| BURLER MENDER | A skilled finisher of woven fabrics. |
| BURLEYMAN | See BYLAWMAN. |
| BURMAIDEN | A chambermaid or lady-in-waiting. |
| BURNEMAN | A carrier of barm or water for brewers. |
| BURYE MAN | A grave digger. |
| BUSHEL MAKER | A cooper. |
| BUSHELER | A tailor's helper. |
| BUSKER | A hair dresser. |
| BUSS MAKER | A maker of guns. |
| BUTNER | A person who made buttons. |
| BUTTER CARVER | A person who made imprints in butter pats. |
| BUTTON BURNISHER | A person who polished buttons. |
| BUTTY | The person who negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labour. |
| BYLAWMAN | An official of the manorial courts who enforced the courts orders. |
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CAB DRIVER | See CABMAN. |
| CABBIE | See CABMAN. |
| CABMAN | The driver of a small horse drawn passenger vehicle. |
| CAD | A person employed to feed and water horses at coach stops. |
| CADDIE | A boy who carried messages or who ran errands. |
| CADDY BUTCHER | A butcher that dealt in horse meat. |
| CADGER | A beggar. |
| CAFENDER | A carpenter. |
| CAFFLER | A rag and bone collector. |
| CAINER | A person who made walking sticks. |
| CAIRD | Another term for a tinker. |
| CALCINER | A person who burnt bones to make powdered lime. |
| CALENDER | A person who listed documents. |
| CALENDER WORKER | See CALANDERER. |
| CALENDERER | A person who operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender) used to press and finish fabrics or paper. |
| CALENDERMAN | See CALENDERER. |
| CALICO PRINTER | A person who dyed and coloured calico. |
| CAMBIST | An expert in financial exchange, a dealer in bills of exchange. |
| CAMBRIC MAKER | A person who made a fine linen or cotton fabric called cambric. |
| CAMERIST | A lady's maid. |
| CAMISTER | A minister of the cloth. |
| CAMLET MERCHANT | A seller of camlet, cloth used to make cloaks & petticoats. |
| CANCELLARIUS | Chancellor. |
| CANDLE MAKER | A person who made and sold candles. |
| CANDLER | See CANDLE MAKER. |
| CANDY MAN | [1] A slang name for a bailiff. [2] A travelling candy salesman. |
| CANER | A person who made the seats for chairs out of woven cane. |
| CANNALLER | A canal boat worker. |
| CANTER | [1] A beggar or vagrant. [2] A religious speaker who uses cant. |
| CANTING CALLER | An auctioneer. |
| CANVASER | A person who made canvas. |
| CAP MAKER | See CAPPER. |
| CAPER | A cap maker. |
| CAPILLAIRE MAKER | A person who made orange flavoured syrup. |
| CAPITALIST | An investor who provided private capital or wealth for the production and distribution of goods. |
| CAPPER | A person who made caps usually worn by the working class. |
| CAPTAIN | A person in charge of a ship or a group of soldiers. Also a term for an overseer. |
| CARD NAILER | A person who maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding machine used for preparing wool and cotton for weaving. |
| CARDER | A person who operated a carding machine used to prepare wool and cotton for weaving by removing the knots and tangles. |
| CARDMAKER | [1] A person who made the handheld implement used for carding wool and
cotton. [2] A maker of game playing cards. |
| CARDROOMER | A term for any person who worked in the carding room of the mills. |
| CARETAKER | A person hired to take charge, especially of house or ship in owners absence, or a person looking after public buildings. |
| CARMAN | See CARRIER. |
| CARNIFEX | A butcher. |
| CARPENTARIUS | A carpenter. |
| CARRIER | A person who drove a vehicle used to transport goods. |
| CART WHEELER | A person who made cart wheels. |
| CARTER | A wagoner. |
| CARTER | See CARRIER. |
| CARTOGRAPHER | A map maker. |
| CARTOMANCER | A fortune teller who used cards. |
| CARTWRIGHT | A person who made wagons and carts. |
| CASHMARIE | A person who sold fish usually at inland markets. |
| CASTER or CASTOR | A person who made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar etc. |
| CASTRATOR | A person who castrated farm animals aka gelder. |
| CATAGMAN | A cottager. |
| CATCHPOLE or CATCHPOLL | A bailiff or sheriffs officer. |
| CATECHIST | A teacher of religion. |
| CATTLE JOBBER | A person who bought and sold cattle. |
| CAULKER | A person who made boats or casks watertight by caulking the seams using tar or oakum-hemp fibre. |
| CAUSEWAYER | A person who was involved in road repairs from the term causewaying (Scottish c1800). |
| CEAPMAN | See CHAPMAN. |
| CEILER | A person who put up the ceilings in buildings. |
| CELLARMAN | A person who look after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses or the warehouse. |
| CEMMER | A person who hand combed the yarn before weaving. |
| CHAFF CUTTER | A person employed to make chaff by cutting straw. |
| CHAFFERER | A dealer in chaff. |
| CHAIR BODGER | A travelling chair repairman. |
| CHAIR BOTTOMER | See CANER. |
| CHAISE DRIVER | The driver of a two wheeled light open carriage generally furnished with a hood that may be let down and capable of carrying one or two persons, used for pleasure or local travelling puposes. |
| CHAISE MAKER | A person who made light carriages or chairs from wicker. |
| CHALONER | [1] A person who made blankets. [2] A dealer in shalloon, a material made in Chalons. |
| CHAMBER MASTER | A shoemaker that worked from home as an outworker or selling direct. |
| CHAMBERLAIN | An officer of the royal household. He is responsible for the Chamber, meaning that he controls access to the person of the King. He is also responsible for administration of the household and the privates estates of the king. The Chamberlain is one of the four main officers of the court, the others being the Chancellor, the Justi-ciar, and the Treasurer. |
| CHAMBERMAID | A female servant who looked after the bedrooms of large houses or hotels. |
| CHANDLER | [1] A Candlemaker or candle seller. [2] A grocer or provisioner. [3] Usually associated with provisioning ships but also applied to any dealer of a specific trade. |
| CHANTY MAN | The sailor that led the singing of shanties on board ship. |
| CHAPELER | A person who made and sold hats. |
| CHAPMAN | [1] A dealer or pedlar of goods usually itinerant going from village
to village. [2] A keeper of a booth or stall in a market |
| CHARCOAL BURNER | A person who made charcoal usually in the woods where the trees were cut. |
| CHARMAN | See CARRIER. |
| CHARTMASTER | A middleman that negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labour. |
| CHARWOMAN | A cleaning woman. |
| CHASER | An engraver. |
| CHATELAINE | The mistress of a castle or house. |
| CHAUNTER | A street entertainer who sung ballads. |
| CHEESE FACTOR | A dealer in cheeses. |
| CHEESE MONGER | A dealer in cheeses. |
| CHEESEMAN | A dealer in cheeses. |
| CHIFFONIER | A Ragpicker. |
| CHILDBED LINEN WAREHOUSE KEEPER or DEALER | A person who hired bedlinen for use at child-birth as most children before the 20th century were born at home. |
| CHIMNEY SWEEP | A chimney cleaner. |
| CHINGLOR | A rooftiler who used wooden shingles. |
| CHIP | A shipwright or carpenter. |
| CHIPPERS LABOURER | An assistant to a shipwright or ships carpenter. |
| CHIROPODIST | A person who treats diseases of the feet & hands. |
| CHIRUGION or CHIRURGEON | An apothecary or surgeon. |
| CHOWDER | A fish monger. |
| CHRONOLOGIST | A person who recorded official events of historical importance. |
| CINDER WENCH | A female who collected the cinders from gas works and sold them door to door. |
| CLAKER | A magician or astrologer. |
| CLAPMAN | A man who took a person to prison. |
| CLARK | Clerk |
| CLASSMAN | A unemployed labourer. |
| CLAVIGER | A servant. |
| CLAY CARRIER | An assistant to the shot firer in the pits. |
| CLAYMAN | A person who worked in the clay pits usually preparing the clay for making bricks. Also a person who coated the outside of buildings with clay to make them water proof. |
| CLERK IN HOLY ORDERS | A Clergyman, cleric or priest. |
| CLERICUS | A medieval term for a clerk. |
| CLEYMAN | See CLAYMAN. |
| CLICKER | [1] A person who worked in the shoe trade cutting out the uppers also
the person who made the shoelace holes. [2] In the printing trade a person in charge of the final stage of layout before printing. [3] The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers. |
| CLIPPER / CLIPPER ON / CLIPPER OFF | In the mines a person who attached the coal carts to the wire or rope which was used to drag the carts to and from the coal face. |
| CLOD HOPPER | A ploughman. |
| CLOGGER | A clog maker (wooden shoes). |
| CLOTH LAPPER | A person who took the cloth from the carding machine and made it ready for the next process. |
| CLOTH LINTER or PICKER | A person who removed unwanted threads and lint from the finished material. |
| CLOTHESMAN | See CLOTHIER. |
| CLOTHIER | A person who made or sold clothes. |
| CLOTHMAN | See CLOTHIER. |
| CLOUTER | A person who made nails. Also another term for a shoemaker. |
| CLOWER | A person who made nails. |
| COACHMAN / COACH DRIVER | A person who drove any horse-drawn coach. |
| COAL BACKER | A person employed to carry the sacks of coal from the coal barge to the coal wagons. |
| COAL BURNER | A person who made charcoal. |
| COAL DRAWER | A person who worked in the mines pushing or dragging the coal carts the bottom of the pit. |
| COAL HEAVER | A person employed to move coal e.g. from boat to shore or from shore to boat. |
| COAL HIGGLER | See COALMAN. |
| COAL MERCHANT | See COALMAN. |
| COAL RUNNER | A person who attended the coal carts underground. |
| COAL WHIPPER | A person employed to unload coal from ships using baskets attached to a simple form of crane. |
| COALMAN | A person who sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house. |
| COALMETER | A person who measured the coal. |
| COAST SURVEYOR or WAITER | A customs officer who watched over the off-loading of goods on the coast. |
| COBBLER | A person who mended shoes and boots. |
| COBLEMAN | A person who used a flat bottomed boat for fishing. |
| COCKFEEDER | A person who looked after fighting cocks. |
| COCUS | A cook. |
| COD PLACER | A person who put the fire proof containers which held the pottery for firing into the kiln. |
| COHEN | A priest |
| COINER | A person who worked at the Mint stamping out coins. |
| COLLAR MAKER | A person who made horse collars. In the clothing trade a person who made shirt collars. |
| COLLIER | A coal miner, a coal merchant or a person who worked on the coal barges. Also a person who worked at the pit face and actually got the coal. |
| COLONUS | Latin for farmer or husbandman. |
| COLOUR MAN | [1]A person who mixed the dyes in the textile trade. [2] A shopkeeper who deals in paints etc. |
| COLOURATOR or COLORATOR | A person who worked with dyes. |
| COLPORTEUR | A pedlar who sold books, particularly religious books. |
| COLT | A name given to all those who have not served a regular apprenticeship. Especially used to describe women and child workers in the frame-work knitting trade in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire during the Luddite disturbances 1811-12. |
| COMB MAKER | A person who made combs either for the textile industry for combing wool etc. or the maker of hair combs. |
| COMBER | A person who operated a combing machine in the mills. |
| COMBER or COMBERE | A person who combs wool. |
| COMPOSITOR | A person who set the type ready for printing. |
| CONDER | A person on shore who gave directions to inshore fisherman as to the movements of the shoals of fish (usually from the top of cliffs or rocks). |
| CONEY CATCHER | A rabbit catcher. |
| CONFECTIONER | A sweet and candy maker. |
| CONNER | An inspector or tester. |
| CONNER | See CONDER. |
| CONTRIVER | [1] An inventor. [2] A schemer or plotter. |
| COOPER | A person who made or repaired wooden barrels and casks. |
| COOPER or CUPER | A maker of barrels. |
| COPEMAN | [1] A dealer in goods, [2] A dishonest dealer in horses. See CHAPMAN. |
| COPER | A horse dealer. |
| COPPERBEATER or COPPERBETER | A coppersmith. |
| COPPERSMITH | A person who worked with copper. |
| CORACLE MAKER | A person who made coracles, small round boats used for inland water fishing. |
| CORDINER | Originally a term used for a person who worked with Cordovan, a special soft leather from Spain. Later it became the term used for a shoemaker. |
| CORDWAINER | See CORDINER. |
| CORK CUTTER | A person who worked with cork. |
| CORN CHANDLER | A corn merchant. |
| CORN CUTTER | A podiatrist. |
| CORN FACTOR | A middleman in corn deals. |
| CORN METER | An official who measured and weighed the corn at market. |
| CORNET | The fifth commissioned officer in a troop of cavalry, who carried the colours; corresponding to the ensign in infantry. The lowest commissioned rank in a cavalry regiment, equivalent to the present 2nd Lieutenant. |
| CORVER | A person who made baskets used in coal mining known as corves. |
| CORVEYSERA | See CORDINER. |
| CORVINER | See CORDINER. |
| CORVISER or CORVISOR | See CORDINER. |
| COSTER WIFE | A female street trader. |
| COSTERMONGER | A person who sold fruit and vegetables in the street or market. |
| COTELER or COTYLER | A person who made and repaired knives. |
| COTILER | A cutler. |
| COTTAGER | An agricultural labourer who lived in a cottage on the landowners farm. |
| COTTAR | See COTTAGER. |
| COTTER | See COTTAGER. |
| COTTIER | See COTTAGER. |
| COTTON FEEDER | A person employed in the cotton mills to feed the cotton into the loom. |
| COUCHER | A person employed in the paper making trade. |
| COUNTOUR | A person who collected rates. |
| COUPER | A dealer, usually in cattle and horses. |
| COUPLE BEGGAR | An itinerant priest who performed marriages without licence or banns. |
| COUPLER | A person employed in the coal mines coupling the coal tubs together. |
| COURANTEER | A journalist. |
| COURT FACTOR | A person who bought and sold courts (small carts). |
| COURT ROLLER | A person in charge of the court rolls and records. |
| COURT TOOLMAKER | A manufacturer of tools used to produce carts known as courts. |
| COURTIER | The owner and driver of a horse and cart known as a court. |
| COW LEECH | An animal doctor. |
| COWHERD | A person who looked after cows. |
| COWKEEPER | A person who kept cows usually for their milk which was sold door to door. |
| COWMAN | See COWKEEPER. |
| COXWAIN | [1] A member of the crew that gave the steering instructions to the
helmsman, [2] A helmsman, especially of a rowing boat. |
| CRIER | [1] A law court officer, [2] An auctioneer, [3] A town announcer. |
| CRIMPER | A member of navy press gang |
| CROFTER | A tenant of a small piece of land. |
| CROPPER | [1] A tenant who is paid with a share of the crop. [2] A skilled worker in the Yorkshire weaving trade who sheared the nap from cloth, often working in Gig Mills. See also SHEARMAN. |
| CROWNER | A Coroner. |
| CUHREUR (CUNREUR) | A currier. |
| CURER | A person who cures tobacco. |
| CURRETTER | A broker. |
| CURRIER | A person who cures or tans hides. |
| CUSTOMER | A customs tax collector. |
| CUTLER | A knife seller or sharpener. |
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| DAGUERREOTYPE ARTIST | An early name for a photographer (from the Daguerreotype method). |
| DAIRYMAN | A worker or owner of a dairy farm or seller of dairy products. |
| DAMSTER | A builder of dams for logging purposes. |
| DANTER | A female overseer in the winding rooms of a silk mill. |
| DATALLER | See DAY MAN. |
| DATELER | See DAY MAN. |
| DAY LABORER | A person who was hired and paid on a day-by-day basis. |
| DAY MAN | A casual worker, usually employed by the day, the term was used in many different industries and trades. |
| DAYTALEMAN | See DAY MAN. |
| DEATHSMAN | An executioner. |
| DECIMER | A person elected by the householders in a street to act as their representative at the borough's Court Leet. |
| DECOYMAN | A person employed to decoy the wild fowl, animals, etc, into a trap or within shooting range. |
| DECRETIST | A person knowledgeable in decrees, decretals. |
| DEEMER | al" size=2>See DEEMSTER. |
| DEEMSTER | A judge, usually in the Channel Isles or Isle of Man. |
| DELVER | A person who dug ditches. |
| DEMPSTER | See DEEMSTER. |
| DEMSTER | See DEEMSTER. |
| DEPARTER | A refiner of precious metals. |
| DEPUTY | In the mining industry the Deputy was the safety officer for the pit crew. |
| DERRICKMAN | A person who worked on an oil well handling the tubes and rods used in drilling |
| DEVIL | A printer's errand boy. |
| DEVILLER | A person who operated the devil, a machine that tore rags used in the textile industry. |
| DEXTER | A dyer. |
| DEY WIFE | A female dairy worker. |
| DIGGER | [1] A person who worked at the coal face. [2] A day labourer in a stone or slate quarry. |
| DIKEMAN | A hedger or ditcher. |
| DIPPER | A person who worked in the pottery trade and was responsible for the glazing of items. |
| DISH THROWER | A person who made bowls and dishes from clay. |
| DISH TURNER | A person who made wooden bowls or dishes. |
| DISHER | See DISH THROWER. |
| DISTILLER | A person who distilled spirits, aka Rectifier. |
| DISTRIBUTOR | A parish official attached to the workhouse or poorhouse who looked after the secular needs of the poor. |
| DIVINER | See DOWSER. |
| DOCK MASTER | A person in charge of a dockyard. |
| DOCK WALLOPER | A dock worker, longshoreman. |
| DOCKER | A person employed in a dockyard to load and unload cargo between ship and quayside, aka stevedore, longshoreman. |
| DOG BREAKER | A person who trained dogs. |
| DOG KILLER | A person employed by the parish to kill any dogs found wandering around loose. |
| DOG LEECH | A veterinarian. |
| DOG WHIPPER | When foxes were hunted for bounty the tail of the fox was nailed to the church door as proof of capture. The Dog Whipper was employed to deal with the dogs which disrupted the church service, attracted by the tails. |
| DOMESMAN | Nickname for a judge. |
| DOMESTIC | A household servant. |
| DONKEY BOY or MAN | The driver of a carriage for passengers. |
| DOOR KEEPER | A guard, janitor, or porter. |
| DORCAS | A seamstress. |
| DOUBLER | A person who operated a machine used to twist together strands of fibre (cotton, wool etc). |
| DOWSER | A person who claimed to be able to find water using a forked stick of hazel held close to the body in both hands and passed over the ground. |
| DOZENER | See DECIMER. |
| DRAGMAN | A fisherman who fished by dragging a net along the bottom of the water. |
| DRAGOMAN | A person who acted as interpreter or guide in Turkish or Arabic. |
| DRAGOON | A Cavalryman. |
| DRAGSMAN | A driver of a small stage coach or carriage used for public transport or private hire. |
| DRAINER | A person who made drains. |
| DRAPER | A dealer in fabrics, chiefly woollen and linen cloth, and sewing needs. Larger dealers also sold ready-made clothes. |
| DRAPERY PAINTER | A person whose painting skills were not of the highest level, they usually finished paintings for the artists by painting on the clothes of the subject, hence Drapery Painter. |
| DRAWBOY | A weavers assistant in the shawl making mills. They sat atop the looms and lifted the heavy warps. |
| DRAWER | [1] A person in the metal industry who made wire by drawing the metal
through a die. [2] In the mining industry it was a person who raised the coal up the shaft to the surface. |
| DRAYMAN | A person who drove a dray (a heavy four wheeled cart used to transport beer kegs). |
| DREDGERMAN | [1] A London occupation. A person who went on the River Thames in a boat to collect the bits and pieces that had fallen overboard from other vessels which they would then sell. [2] Oyster Fishermen. |
| DRESSER | [1] A person who prepared things, e.g. clothing for a noble person,
food, etc.. [2] A person who assisted in medical operations by dressing the wounds. [3] A person who operated a machine that prepared threads in the textile industry. |
| DRESSING MACHINE MAKER | A person who made sewing machines. |
| DRESSMAKER | A person who made clothing. |
| DRIFT MAKER | A person who made drift nets, used in the fishing industry. |
| DRIPPING MAN | A dealer in dripping (the fat collected during the cooking of meats). |
| DRIVER | A slave overseer. |
| DROVER | A person who drove animal stock to market. |
| DRUGGER | A pharmacist. |
| DRUM BATTLEDORE MAKER | A person who made galvanised metal drums fitted with paddles used as mechanical agitators in washing machines (battledore is the name of the bat shaped paddles). |
| DRUMMER | A travelling salesman. |
| DRY SALTER | A dealer in pickles, dried meats, and sauces. |
| DRY STANE DYKER | A Scottish term for a Dry Stone Waller. |
| DRY STONE WALLER | A person who built stone walls usually using the stones removed from the fields as building materials. The art was in not using any cement or mortar and generally not cutting the stone, but being able to see where various stones would fit together. |
| DRYSALTER | A dealer in salted meats. A dealer in dyes and colours used in the dying trade. |
| DRYSALTER | A person who made or dealt in salt. |
| DUBBERE | A cloth dubber, i.e., one who raises the nap of cloth. |
| DUFFER | A Pedlar (of cheap goods). |
| DUSTBIN MAN | See DUSTMAN. |
| DUSTMAN | A person who collected domestic refuse, aka janitor or garbage collector. |
| DYER | A person employed in the textile mills to colour fabric prior to weaving. |
| DYKEMAN | A hedger or ditcher. |
| DYKER | A Scottish term for a stonemason. |
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| EALDORMAN | An official of the shire courts who acted as the King's deputy taking payment from the profits of the court. |
| EARER | A ploughman. |
| EARTH STOPPER | A person employed to close up the entrances of a fox's earth before the hunt began. |
| EAST INDIA MAN | A person employed by the East India Company, on a commercial or military basis. |
| EBONITE TURNER | A person who worked with ebonite or vulcanite, making combs or ornaments etc. |
| EDGE TOOL MAKER | Blacksmith who made knives and agricultural implements such as scythes. |
| EGG DEALER or FACTOR | An egg or poultry dealer. |
| EGGLER | An egg or poultry dealer. |
| ELEPHANTS TEETH DEALER | A person who dealt in ivory ornaments etc. |
| ELLERMAN | A person who sold oil used for lamps. Also known as an oilman. |
| ELLIMAN | A person who sold oil used for lamps. Also known as an oilman. |
| ELYMAKER | An oilmaker. |
| EMBOSSER | A person who moulded or carved designs that were raised above the surface of the material. |
| EMPRESARIO | A land broker, settlement scheme promoter, showman. |
| ENGINE TENTER | A person who operated the machine which stretched the cloth whilst drying in a woollen mill. |
| ENGINE TURNER | A craftsman or engraver who produced overlaping geometric pattens similar to those produced by 'Spirograph' toys. Engine turning was commonly seen on ladies powder compacts, and has often been used under transparent enamels. |
| ENGINEER | A person who designed roads, bridges, or machinery. Also a person who drove or serviced any machinery e.g. engine drivers. |
| ENGINEMAN | A person employed at a mine to be in charge of the engine house which operated the winding engine and was usually instructed by the BANKMAN. |
| ENGRAVER | A person who cuts or carves designs or lettering in metal or stone etc. |
| ENSIGN | A commissioned officer in the navy. |
| face="arial" size=2>ENUMERATOR | A person who collected the information for the census from the householder and recorded it. |
| EQUERRY | An officer of the Royal household usually responsible for the royal horses. |
| EREMITE | A hermit. |
| ERITE | An heretic. |
| ESQUIRE | The person who attended a knight, a shield-bearer. Later it became a title for a gentleman of standing in society, by birth, position, or education. |
| ESTAFETTE | A mounted courier. |
| ETCHER | A person who cuts or carves designs or lettering in metal or stone etc. A person who made the plates for printing patterns on cloth or printing paper money. |
| EWE HERD | A shepherd. |
| EXCHEQUER | A revenue collector. |
| EXCISEMAN | An excise tax collector. |
| EYER | A person who made eyes in needles used for sewing. Sometimes called a Holer. |
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|---|---|
| FABER | An artisan or workman. |
| FABRICATOR | A maker. |
| FACTOR | [1] An agent employed by merchants to transact business of buying and
selling. [2] A Scottish term for the steward of an estate responsible for collection of land rents. [3] A person selling goods on commission. |
| FAGETTER | A person who made up faggots into bundles, seller of firewood. |
| FAKER | Photographic assistant who added colour to photographs by hand before colour film was available. |
| FANCY MAN | Nickname for a pimp. |
| FANCY WOMAN | A prostitute. |
| FANCY-PEARL WORKER | A worker using mother-of-pearl making buttons or fancy goods. |
| FANNER | A grain winnower. |
| FANWRIGHT | A maker and repairer of fans or winnowing baskets. |
| FARANDMAN | A stranger or traveller, especially a travelling merchant. |
| FARRIER | [1] Shoeing smith, [2] Horse doctor, [3] Non-commissioned officer responsible for the shoeing of horses and a cavalry regiment. |
| FAWKNER | A trainer of falcons. |
| FEAR-NOTHING MAKER | A weaver of special kind of thick woollen cloth known as fear-nought, used for protective clothing and lining portholes, walls, and doors of powder magazines on board ships. |
| FEATHER-BEATER | A cleanser of feathers. Also feather driver. |
| FEATHER-DRESSER | A person who cleaned and prepared feathers for sale. |
| FEATHER-WIFE | Woman who prepared feathers for use. |
| FEATHERMAN | A dealer in feathers and plumes. |
| FEEDER | A herdsman. |
| FELL MONGER | [1] A remover of hair or wool from hides in leather making. [2] Dealer in hides and skins esp. sheep. |
| FELLER | [1] Textile worker who laid or felled seams in material. [2] Tree or wood cutter. |
| FELTER | Generally referred to a worker in the hating industry. |
| FERONER | Ironmonger. |
| FERRETER | Dealer in or manufacturer of ferret, i.e. silk tape. |
| FERUR (FERATOR) | A farrier or blacksmith. |
| FESTITIAN | Mis-spelling for physician. |
| FETTLER | [1] Cleaned the machinery in woollen mills, removing accumulated
fibres, grease, etc. [2] fettlers sharpened the fustian cutters knives. [3] Needlemaker who filed the needle to a point. |
| FEVER | A blacksmith. |
| FEWSTER | A maker of saddletrees. |
| FEWTERER | The keeper of hounds, for hunting or coursing. The tender of greyhounds. |
| FEYDUR BEATER | Feather beater. |
| FIELD MASTER | see HAYWARD. |
| FILIBUSTER | American mercenaries in South America, gun runners. |
| FILLER | A person who filled bobbins in mills. |
| FINE DRAWER | A person employed in tailoring to repair tears in the cloth. Invisible mending. |
| FINISHER | A person who operated machines giving final touches to a manufactured article in various trades. Cloth finisher. |
| FIREBEATER | A person who tended the boilers that powered the machinery in a cotton mill. |
| FIRST HAND | Silk weaver who had his own loom. An outworker. |
| FISCERE | A fisherman (Anglo-Saxon). |
| FISH FAG | A female fish monger. |
| FISHER (FISHDRYVER) | A victualler. |
| FITTER | Originally applied to a joiner. In 19c a common term for a person who
assembled several portions of machinery together. [2] A coal broker. |
| FLASHER | A specialist process worker in the glass industry. |
| FLATMAN | Navigated a broad flat-bottomed boat used for transport, especially in shallow waters. Common in the salt trade. |
| FLAUNER | A confectioner. |
| FLAXDRESSER | Prepared flax prior to spinning. |
| FLESHER | A butcher or tannery worker. |
| FLESHER | [1] A butcher or a person who worked in a tannery. [2] Nickname for a pimp. |
| FLESHEWER | A butcher. |
| FLESHMONGER | See FLESHER. |
| FLETCHER | Made bows and arrows, an arrowsmith. (from Fr. fleche). |
| FLOATER | A vagrant. |
| FLOATMAN | See FLATMAN. |
| FLOWER | An archer (Flo-arrow). |
| FLUSHERMAN | A person who cleaned out water mains. |
| FLYCOACHMAN | A driver of a one-horse carriage hired by the day. See also JOBMASTER. |
| FLYING STATIONER | A street broadsheet seller. |
| FLYMAN | [1] Driver of a light vehicle hired out for carriage of passengers.
[2] Theatre stage hand. |
| FOGGER | [1] Petty chapman, carrying wares from village to village. [2] Middleman in nail and chain trade. [3] Agricultural worker responsible for feeding the cattle. [4] Low class lawyer (Pettifogger). |
| FOISTER(ER) | A Joiner. |
| FOOT MAIDEN | A female servant. |
| FOOT MAN | A servant who ran errands. |
| FOOT PAD | A robber. |
| FOOT STRAIGHTENER | In watchmaking, a person who assembled watch and clock dials. |
| FOOT-BOY or MAN | A servant or attendant in livery. |
| FOOT-POST | A letter carrier or messenger who travelled on foot. |
| FORESTER | A game warden or forest ranger. |
| FORGEMAN | [1] Blacksmith or assistant, [2] Coachsmith (18c. Derbyshire). |
| FORGER | A Blacksmith, worker at a forge. |
| FORKNER | A Falconer, (mis-spelling). |
| FOSSETMAKER |