| Acarter |
Supplied food provisions, e.g. a ships chandler |
| Accipitrary |
Falconer |
| Accomptant |
Accountant |
| Accoucheur / Accoucheus |
Assisted women in childbirth |
| Accountrement Maker / Accoutre |
Supplier of military accessories |
| Ackerman / Acreman |
Ploughman, an oxherder |
| Actuary |
Kept public accounts of business |
| Administrator |
Directed the affairs of another |
| Advertisement
Conveyancer |
Sandwich board man |
| Advocate Depute |
Scottish law officer who could act as a public prosecutor |
| Advowee |
Normally a nobleman, who had the right to present a clergyman
to a benefice |
| Aeronaut |
Balloonist
or a trapeze artist in the circus or music halls |
| Affeeror |
Official
in the manorial courts who assessed the monetary penalty and
also collected taxes and dues and were also called Assessor |
| Ag. Lab. |
Enumerators' directions for the 1841 census advised 'time may
be saved, by writing the following words, shortly thus, ...Ag.
Lab for Agricultural Labourer...' |
| Agister |
Official
of the Royal Forests or in the New Forest it is the title for
the one in charge of the ponies |
| Alabasterer |
Worked
with alabaster |
| Alblastere |
Crossbow
man |
| Alchemist |
Medieval forerunner of the science of chemistry, concerned
mainly with the attemp to transmute base metal into gold |
| Alderman |
Senior
councillor one position down from Mayor in the local council |
| Ale Draper |
An Innkeeper |
| Ale Taster |
Tested
ale and beer for quality first recored in 1377 in London. Appointed
by the Manor and forerunner of
the Inspector for Weights & Measures |
| Ale Tunner |
Employed
by the brewery to fill ale casks (tuns} with ale |
| Ale-Conner / Ale Founder |
Official
who tested quality and measure of ale served in public houses |
| Alewife |
Woman
who keeps an alehouse or tavern |
| All Spice |
Name
for a grocer |
| Almanac Man |
Official
appointed by the Court of Sewers who warned the inhabitants
of the Trent River area of higher than normal tides |
| Almoner |
Gave
out alms or charity to the poor on behalf of the parish |
| Almsman |
Received
alms |
| Alnager |
Official
who examined the quality of woolen goods and stamped them with
the town seal of approval |
| Amanuensis |
Secretary
or stenographer |
| Amber & Jet Cutter |
Cut
and polished amber for jewelry |
| Amber Cutter |
Cut
ambergris |
| Ambler |
Officer
of the Royal Stable who broke in horses |
| Amen Man |
Parish
clerk |
| Anchor
Smith |
Made
anchors |
| Anchoress |
Female
hermit or religious recluse |
| Anchorite |
Male
hermit or religious recluse |
| Angle Iron Smith |
Made
angle iron ie. flat iron bars bent at right angles lengthways |
| Anilepman |
Smallholder (tenant of the manor) |
| Ankle
Beater |
Young
person who helped to drive the cattle to market |
| Annatto
Maker |
Worked
in the manufacture of dyes for paint or printing |
| Antigropelos
Maker |
Made
waterproof leggings |
| Anvil
Smith |
Made
anvils and hammers for blacksmiths |
| Apiarian |
Beekeeper |
| Apothecary |
Prepared
and sold medicines or drugs; pharmacist |
| Apparitor |
Official
who summoned witnesses in the ecclesiastical courts |
| Apprentice |
Was
bound to a skilled worker for a specified time to learn a trade |
| Aproneer |
Term
used in London for a shopkeeper |
| Apronman |
Mechanic |
| Aquarius
(Ewar) |
Waterman |
| Aquavita
Seller |
Sold
alcohol |
| Archiator |
Physician |
| Archil
Maker |
Made
a violet dye from lichens, used in the textile industry |
| Arkwright |
Skilled
craftsman who produced "arks" (wooden chests or coffers) |
| Armiger |
Squire
who carried the armour of a knight |
| Armourer |
Made
suits of armour or plates of armour for buildings or ships
etc. |
| Artificer |
Highly
respected skilled or artistic worker or craftsman or one that
makes or contrives |
| Ashman |
Dustman |
| Assay
Master |
Determined
the amount of gold or silver to go in coins |
| Assayer |
Determined
the proportions of metal in ore |
| Auger
Maker |
Made
the carpenters augers (used for boring holes in wood) |
| Aulnager |
See
Alnager |
| Aurifaber |
Goldsmith |
| Avenator
(Plantifene) |
Hay
and forage merchant |
| Avowry |
Term
for the lord of the manor |
| Axel
Tree Maker / Axel Tree Tuner |
Made
axels for coaches and wagons |
