OCCUPATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
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| F |
| Fagetter |
made up faggots (firewood) into bundles to sell |
TR |
| Fancy-Pearl Worker |
worked in mother-of-pearl, making buttons or fancy goods |
A |
| Fanmaker/Fanwright |
maker and repairer of fans or winnowing baskets |
T |
| Farrier/Ferrour |
a blacksmith or horse-shoer |
S |
| Fear-Nothingmaker |
weaver of a special kind of thick woolen cloth known as fear-nought, used for protective clothing and lining portholes, walls, and doors of powder magazines on board ships |
T |
| Feather-Dresser |
dealer in feathers and plumes |
TR |
| Fellmonger |
dealer in amimal skins and hides, especially sheepskin |
TR |
| Felter/Feltmaker |
one who made felt and/or felt hats |
T |
| Ferrerr |
a smith who worked in tin |
S |
| Feroner |
ironmonger |
TR |
| Fine Drawer |
repaired tears in cloth (invisible mending) |
T |
| Fish Fag |
a woman who sells fish |
TR |
| Fishmonger |
one who sell fish; a merchant of fish |
TR |
| Flauner |
confectioner |
P |
| Flemish Weaver |
expert in tapestry techniques |
T |
| Flesher |
butcher |
P |
| Fletcher |
(1) maker of bows and arrows
(2) dealer in bows and arrows |
W
TR |
| Flourmiller |
a miller who ground flour; a gristmiller |
P/TR |
| Flying Stationer |
a street broadsheet seller |
TR |
| Forger/Forgeman |
a blacksmith |
S |
| Fort Builder |
one who erects/builds forts |
W |
| Fossetmaker |
a person who made faucets for ale-casks |
W |
| Founder |
one who cast metal or make articles of cast iron |
S |
| Frame Spinner |
a worker on a loom |
T |
| Freemason |
stonecutter |
W |
| Fringemaker |
one who made fringe or ornamental borders of cloth |
T |
| Fruiterer |
fruit seller |
TR |
| Fuller |
a person who "fulled" cloth by increasing the weight and bulk of the fabric by shrinking, beating, or pressing it |
T |
| Funambulist |
tightrope walker |
A |
| Furner |
a baker |
P |
| Furrier |
(1) maker of items from fur pelts
(2) one who sold furs |
T
TR |
| Fustian Weaver |
a maker of corduroy |
T |
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| G |
| Galochemaker |
one who made overshoes |
T |
| Garlekmonger |
dealer in garlic |
TR |
| Gaunter |
a glover |
T |
| Gilder |
one whose occupation was to overlay an item with gold leaf |
A |
| Girdler |
one who made girdles and belts, chiefly for the Army |
T |
| Glassblower |
one who shapes a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through a tube |
A/W |
| Glassman |
manufacturer of glass, especially common glass for window frames |
W |
| Glasswright |
maker and mender of glassware |
W |
| Glazier |
a person who sets window glass or glass for pictures |
W |
| Glover |
maker of gloves |
T |
| Goldsmith |
(1) one who dealt in articles made of gold
(2) a craftsman who makes vessels and ornaments of gold |
TR
A/S |
| Gorzeman |
seller of gorse or broom |
TR |
| Graver |
one who carved or engraved letters or figurines in stone |
W |
| Green Grocer |
fruit and vegetable seller |
TR |
| Greensmith |
worker in copper or latten ( a mixed metal of yellow color, either identical with or closely resembling brass) |
S |
| Gristmiller |
a miller who grinds grain |
P/TR |
| Gunsmith |
(1) one who makes and assembles small firearms; also repairs bells, cutlery, swords, etc.
(2) one who sold firearms |
S
TR |
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| H |
| Haberdasher |
a person who sold men’s furnishings such as hats, shirts, neckties, etc. |
TR |
| Hairweaver |
weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair |
T |
| Haggler |
one who peddled merchandise |
TR |
| Hammerman |
hammerer, a smith |
S |
| Hansard |
(1) weapon maker
(2) weapon seller |
S
TR |
| Harper |
one who performs on the harp |
A |
| Hatter |
one who makes, cleans, repairs hats |
T |
| Heelmaker |
one who made shoe heels |
W |
| Hogsheadmaker |
one who makes a barrel or cask |
W |
| Hooper |
one who puts hoops on casks or tubs |
S |
| Horner |
a worker in horn making spoons, combs, or musical horns |
A |
| House Joiner |
one who builds house frames |
W |
| Housewright |
a carpenter or house builder |
W |
| Hurer |
feltmaker |
T |
| I |
| Inventor |
to produce for the first time through the use of imagination or ingenious thinking and experimentation |
A |
| Ironsmith |
blacksmith; worker in iron |
S |
| Ironmonger |
dealer in hardware of iron; owned an ironworks |
TR |
| Ironworker |
one who works in iron |
S |
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| J |
| Jeweler |
(1) one who makes or repairs jewelry
(2) one who sells jewelry |
A
TR |
| Joiner/Joyner |
carpenter who did interior finish work by joining pieces of wood |
W |
| Jongleur |
traveling minstrel |
A |
| Jouster |
fishmonger |
TR |
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| K |
| Kedger |
one who peddled fish |
TR |
| Kersey Weaver |
a weaver of a twilled woolen fabric often used for trouser, hose, and coats. |
T |
| Knacker |
one who made harnesses |
T |
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| L |
| Lacemaker |
one who made lace |
T |
| Laster |
one who worked or shaped shoes on a “last” (the mold of the human foot made of wood and used to shape shoes) |
T |
| Lattener |
maker of or worker in latten (a mixed metal of yellow color, either identical with or closely resembling brass) |
S |
| Legerdemainist |
magician |
A |
| Limner |
one who illuminated books or parchments; one who draws or paints |
A |
| Linenmaker |
made linen products |
T |
| Linen Weaver |
one who weaves linen |
T |
| Linener |
a linen draper; shirtmaker |
T |
| Lister |
a dyer of fabrics |
T |
| Locksmith |
an artificer who makes and mends locks |
S |
| Long Song Seller |
street seller who sold popular song sheets printed on paper |
S |
| Lorimer/Loriner |
a maker of bits and metal mounting for horses bridles; a maker of small ironware; worker in wrought iron |
S |
| Luthier |
maker and repairer of stringed musical instruments |
W |
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