Dictionary of Old Occupations
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Definitions of jobs Hatcheler - High Sheriff
Hatcheler: variation of Hackler, a person who used a hackle for dressing materials such as flax etc.
Hatter: person who made or sold hats.
Hawker: a travelling Pedlar who sold wares on the street, or a person who trained hawks for hunting.
Haymonger: sold hay.
Hayrester: made garments from horse hair.
Hayward: repaired and maintained fences, hedges and walls. Could have been employed by a Parish, or may have worked on an estate to keep out poachers.
Headborough: a petty Constable, a village leader, or the chief officer of a borough.
Headsman: an executioner who beheaded condemned prisoners.
Headswoman: midwife.
Heald Knitter: worked in the textile industry. The word 'heald' refers to the wires to which the end of the warp is attached through an eyelet in the wire for weaving on a loom.
Healder: alternate term for a Heald Knitter in the textile industry.
Heck Maker: made yarn guides for feeding yarn into a spinning machine.
Heckler: alternate spelling of Hackler, a person who used a hackle for dressing materials such as flax etc.
Heddle Manufacturer: made heddles, a part of a loom made from wire or cord.
Heddler: worked in the textile industry, drew the warp thread through heddle into the loom.
Hedge Looker: responsible for repairing and maintaining hedges and fences.
Hedger: a gardener who trimmed and maintained hedges.
Heelmaker: made heels for footwear.
Hellier: a Slater, Thatcher or roof Tiler.
Helper-up: a boy working in the mining industry. Assisted Putters to push mining carts up steep inclines.
Hemp Heckler: alternate term for a Hackler or Hatcheller in the textile industry. Presumably worked with hemp.
Henchman: a follower, attendant or servant. Its earliest use was in the form of 'Hengest' which referred to Saxon chieftains. In medieval times Henchman referred to a horse groom, but this meaning died out by the 17th century.
Hensman: alternate term for a Henchman, meaning a follower, attendant or squire.
Henter: a rogue or thief.
Herald: an expert in heraldry, or a medieval occupation for a person who made pronouncements.
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Hetheleder: dealt in heather, which was used for fuel.
Hewer: a woodcutter (hewed wood) or a mine worker (hewed the coal face).
Higgler: a travelling Pedlar, possible derives from 'Haggler' - a person who haggles.
High Sheriff: the King’s judicial representative in a county.
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