Dictionary of Old Occupations and Trades |
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| Abbess | - Female leader of a religious community based at an abbey or Convent. | |||||
| Abbot | - Male leader of a religious community based at an abbey or Monastery. | |||||
| Able Seaman | - Experienced seaman, more skilled than an ordinary seaman. | |||||
| Abram | - Beggar from medieval times who faked insanity. | |||||
| Academician | - A) Educator B) Member of an academy. | |||||
| Acater | - Supplier of provisions. | |||||
| Accipitary | - Falconer. | |||||
| Accomptant | - Accountant. | |||||
| Accoucheur | - Assisted women in childbirth (male midwife). | |||||
| Accoutrement Maker | - Maker or supplier of Military Clothing plus Accessories. | |||||
| Acolyte | - Layperson who performs minor duties assisting the clergy during a religious services by for example carrying crosses or candles. | |||||
| Acreman | - Ploughman. | |||||
| Actuary | - Business account keeper or accountant. | |||||
| Adjutant | - Officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a more senior officer. | |||||
| Administrator | - Person appointed by the court to settled the estate of a deceased person. | |||||
| Advertisement conveyancer | - Carried advertisements attached to a Sandwich Board. | |||||
| Advocate | - A) Professional representative or pleader in court B) Scottish Barrister. | |||||
| Advowee or Advowson | - Normally a Nobleman who had the entitlement to present a clergyman to an endowed church office or benefice. | |||||
| Aeronaut | - Trapeze Artist or Balloonist in a circus or Music Hall. | |||||
| Ag Lab | - Agricultural labourer. | |||||
| Agister | - A) Person who takes cattle to pasture for a fee B) Official of Royal Forests who collected grazing fees C) Person responsible for New Forest ponies. | |||||
| Adjutant General | - A general’s chief administrative officer. | |||||
| Alabasterer | - Worked with or carved alabaster (white/pastel coloured gypsum). | |||||
| Alblastere | - Crossbowman. | |||||
| Alchemist | - Medieval Chemist who claimed to be able to make gold from base metal one famous example is Sir Isaac Newton. | |||||
| Alderman | - Senior member of a town council ranked below the Mayor, for example the famous Alderman Hewitt of Coventry. | |||||
| Ale-Conner, Ale Founder or Ale Taster | - Appointed by the court-leet to examine beer for quality and checked measures to prevent fraud. | |||||
| Ale Draper | - Publican or seller of Ale. | |||||
| Ale Tunner | - Filled the Ale tuns/casks at Breweries. | |||||
| Alewife | - Female Inn or Alehouse keeper. | |||||
| All Spice | - Grocer. | |||||
| Almanac Man | - Employed by the court of sewers this official warned of exceptionally high tides in the area of the river Trent. | |||||
| Almoner | - A) Monk responsible for dispensing alms (Food and clothes) to the poor B) Giver to charity C) Manager/person in charge of an Almshouse. | |||||
| Almsman | - In receipt of Alms/Charity. | |||||
| Alnager | - Official who examined woollen goods for quality and applied the stamp/town seal of approval. | |||||
| Amah | - Wet nurse paid to suckle another woman’s child. | |||||
| Amanuensis | A) Stenographer person employed to write another’s words often because they were unable to write B) Secretary. | |||||
| Amber Cutter | - Cut and polished Amber for making into jewellery. | |||||
| Ambler | - Officer of the Royal Stables who broke in horses. | |||||
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