OLD TERM
MODERN DESCRIPTION
Accomptant
accountant
Advocate
lawyer
Allutarius
tanner
Almoner
Giver of
charity
Ananuensis
Secretary or
Stenographer
Apothecary
Shopkeeper/Warehouseman/Druggist
Archicoquus
head cook
Arenarius
sand digger or
vender
Artificer
soldier
mechanic
who does repairs
Ashman
shipman
or
sailor
Aurifaber/aurifex
goldsmith
Baker
Baker
Barbetonsor
barber
Barrister
lawyer
Baxter/bagster
Baker
Black lister
black dyer
Bluestocking
Female writer
Boniface
innkeeper
Brasener/brazier
brass worker
Brewer
Beer
manufacturer
Brightsmith
metal worker
Brownsmith
copper or brass smith
Burgomaster
Mayor
Burnisher
polishes or
shines
metal
Carner
granary
keeper
Carter
maker or driver of carts
Chandler
Candlemaker
Chiffonier
wigmaker
Chiffonier
Ragpicker
Chirurgian
Surgeon
Clarke
cleric
or scribe
Clerk
Clergyman, Cleric
Clothier
One who
makes/sells
clothes or sells cloth
Coilhewer
coal miner/worker
Collier
a
coal
miner or a coal ship
Colporteur
peddler of books
Colzear
something
to do w/ coal or books?
Constable
Cook
Cook
Cooper/Couper
makes and repairs barrels and casks
Coppice Keeper
one who takes care of small wood
Cordiner/Cordwainer
Shoemaker/ Works with leather
Coriarius
Tanner
Costermonger
Peddler of fruits and vegetables
Cramer
Occupant
of a crame, or booth
Crayman
driver of a cart
carrying
heavy loads
Crowner
coroner
Cubicularrius
"chamber chyld (child)", valet
Culler
gelder
of male animals
Currier
tans
leather; uses curry comb on horses
Cutler, Cultellarius, cultellar
one
who makes or sells knives, etc.
Dagmaker
Pistol or dag
(a
dag is a gun) maker
Dareman
dairyman
Diviner
one
who finds water under the ground
Docker
Stevedore
Dowser
finds
water under the ground
Draper
dealer in cloth and dry goods
Drayman
drives a
cart
carrying heavy loads
Dresser
surgeon's
assistant in a hospital
Drover
drives animals to market; dealer in cattle
Drummer
traveling
salesman
Duffer
peddler
Episcopus
bishop
Epphipiarius
saddler
Faber
craftsman
Faber ferrarius
blacksmith
Faber lignariius
wright
Faber muriarius
builder, mason
Farrier/Ferrier
horse doctor, blacksmith who shoes horses
Fermorar
farmer
Fletcher
makes bows and
arrows
Foderator
furrier
Fossor
grave
digger
Framar
farmer
Fructuarius
fruit seller
Fuller/Fullo/waulker
cleans and thickens cloth
Gaoler
jailer
Gallearius
sailor
Gardener
Gardener
Gemmarius
jeweller
Gentleman a member of
the
gentry, a descendant from an aristocratic family whose income came from
the
rental of his land
Ginerr
joiner
Glazier
Window
glassman
Glover
dealer or maker of gloves
Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Grecher
grocer
Guilder
makes
gold
or silver coins
Hammerman
Hansard
weapon maker or
seller
Hatcheler
Combed or carded flax
Hawker
peddler
Headborough
constable
High Sheriff
the highest ranking sheriff,
as
opposed to deputy sheriffs
Hillard/Hiller
one who covers houses with slate
Hind
farm laborer
Hooper
Made
hoops for casks
Hostler
takes
care of horses at an inn
Hostler (or Ostler)
Groomed horses
Huckster
sells small
articles
Husbandman
a person whose occupation is
in
husbandry; a farmer
Imbrodinster
embroiderer
Institor
peddler,
cramer
Ironmonger
dealer in iron goods
Javelor
jailor
Journeyman
craftsman hired day by day or Weaver
Kellogg
slaughter
man
Knight
Lanio
flesher
Lardner
official in
charge
of pig food
Lathamus/lathomus/latopmus quarryman, mason
Leech or Sawbones
Physician
Lichnopeus
candlemaker
Litster/littister
dyer
Lorimer/Lormer
Maker of Horse gear
Malster
brewer
of
malted beverages (beer)
Manciple
Steward
Marchant/Merchant
Merchant
Marikin maker
maker of dressed goat's skin or Spanish
leather
Mariner
Sailor
Mason
Bricklayer
Masser
macer
Master
today
would be known as The Captain
Mayer
physician
Meilman
Mercator
merchant
Messenger
Metstar
official
measurer
Millwright
one who designs
or
builds mills
Minister
Minister
Mintmaster
Issued local currency
Mr.
a title that could only precede the names of gentlemen, clergymen, or
government
officials OR magister, a teacher or employer, or one who has a
college
degree equivalent to a M.A.
Mrs.
a feminine equivalent of Mr., it did not denote marital status, but
social
position (women of the aristocracy); did
not
pertain to a college degree
Notary
a person officially authorized to draw up or attest to contracts,
wills,
deeds, or similar documents
Now
Wife exclusively found in wills, this term implied that there
was a former (or ex-) wife
Osler
bird catcher
Oursman
Outrider
mounted
attendant
riding before or behind a carriage
Packman
itinerant
peddler
Panton heel maker
maker of heels for slippers
Parochus
rector, pastor
Pattesier
pastry cook
Peever
pepper seller
Pellio
bonnet
maker
Pelliparius
furrier
Peregrinator
Itinerant wanderer
Peruker
wigmaker
Pettifogger
Shyster lawyer
Pilearius/pileator
hat maker
Piscarius
fishmonger
Pistor
baxter,
baker
Porcher
pig
keeper
Porter
gate-keeper or door-keeper
Post
Potticar/pottefar
apothecary
Pultreman
poultryman
Pumbum worker
plumber
Quarrier
quarry
worker
Quarryman
stonecutter
Quheilwright
wheelwright
Rattlewatch
Town watchman
Regent
schoolmaster
or professor
Revenuer
federal officer
enforcing
the law against illegal manufacturing of whiskey
Rower
builder
of small wagon wheels
Saltare
salter,
maker of salt
Sarcinator
patcher, sackmaker
Sartor
tailor
Sawyer
sawer of
wood
Scissor
tailor
Scrivener
scribe or clerk
Scrutineer
Election judge
Servant/Servitor/
servant/servants
Servitrix/Servus/
servant/servants
A Servarum
servant/servants
Sewer
tailor or shoemaker
Sheriff/Shrieve
Sheriff
Skipper
Sledder
driver
of a sled or sledge, much used over soft ground in preference to
wheeled
carts
Smith
Snobscat
Repaired
shoes
Soldier
Sortor
Tailor
Spargener
plasterer
Stabler
One who
stables
horses
Stallarius
stabler
Steward
Stuffgownsman
Junior barrister
Sumlier
butler
(sommelier)
Sutler
accompanies
troops in the field or garrison and sells food, drink, and supplies
Sutor
cordiner, shoemaker
Swerde-slipper
sword sharpener
Tacksman/taxman
tenant, holding the lease or "tack"
Tailor
One
who makes, repairs, or alters clothes
Tanner/tannator
One who tans/cures animal hides into leather
Taper
candlewick maker or seller
Tegularius
tiler, slater
Textor
weaver
Thirdborough
tithing man or deputy constable
Tide waiter
Customs inspector
Tinctor
lister,
dyer
Tinker
itinerant
mender of kettles and pans
Tipstaff
Policeman
Tonsor
barber
Tripper
dancer
Tubinnator
trumpeter
Vestiarius
clothier
Vintner
Wine merchant
Vitner
wine merchant
Vitri compositor
glass wright, glazier
Vulcan
Blacksmith
Weaver
Weaver
Webster/wobster
Operated looms / Weaver
Wharfinger
Owner of a wharf
Wheelwright
a person who builds wagon
wheels
Wheelwright
One who constructs or repairs
wheels
Whitcher
maker of chests
Whitewing
Street sweeper
Wobster
Weaver
Wright
One who
constructs
or repairs things
Writer
Writer
Wryt
Writer