| Caddie |
Messenger or errand boy |
| Caddy Butcher |
Butcher that dealt in horse meat |
| Cadger |
A
carrier or pedlar of small wares by means of horse and cart.
The word also refers to a street seller or a beggar |
| Cafender |
Carpenter |
| Caffler |
Rag and bone collector |
| Cainer |
Made walking sticks |
| Caird |
Another term for a tinker |
| Calciner |
Burnt bones to make powdered lime |
| Calender |
Listed documents |
| Calenderer / Calenderman
/ Calender Worker |
Operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender)
used to press and finish fabrics or paper |
| Calico Printer |
Dyed and colored calico |
| Cambist |
Banker |
| Cambric Maker |
Made a fine linen or cotton fabric called cambric |
| Camerist |
Lady's maid |
| Camister |
Minister of the cloth |
| Camlet Merchant |
Seller of
camlet, cloth used to make cloaks & petticoats |
| Campaner |
Bell maker |
| Cancellarius |
Chancellor |
| Candle Maker / Candler |
Who made and sold candles |
| Candy Man |
Traveling candy salesman and also slang name for a baliff |
| Caner / Chair Bottomer |
Made the seats for chairs out of woven cane |
| Cannaller |
Canal boat worker |
| Canter |
Religious speaker who uses cant |
| Canting Caller |
Auctioneer |
| Canvaser |
Made canvas |
| Caper |
Cap maker |
| Capillaire Maker |
Made orange flavored syrup |
| Capitalist |
Investor |
| Capper / Cap Maker |
Made caps usually worn by the working class |
| Captain |
In charge of a ship or a group of soldiers and also term for
an overseer |
| Card Nailer / Nailora |
Maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding machine used for
preparing wool and cotton for weaving |
| Carder |
Cards wool |
| Cardmaker |
Maker of cards or instruments for combing wool |
| Cardroomer |
Term for anyone who worked in the carding room of the mills |
| Caretaker |
Takes care of another's property |
| Carman / Charman / Carter
/ Carrier |
Drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| Carner |
Granary keeper |
| Carnifex |
Butcher |
| Carpentarious |
Carpenter |
| Carry-in-boy |
Took finished bottled (products) to the tempering oven |
| Cart Wheeler |
Made cart wheels |
| Carter |
Carries or conveys in or as if in a cart |
| Cartographer |
Map maker |
| Cartomancer |
Fortune teller who used cards |
| Cartwright |
Maker of
carts & wagons |
| Cashmarie |
Sold fish usually at inland markets |
| Caster / Castora |
Made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar
etc |
| Castrator |
Who castrated farm animals aka gelder |
| Catagman |
Cottager |
| Catchpole / Catchpolla |
Sheriff's assistance or bailiff |
| Catechista |
Teacher of religion |
| Cattle
Jabber |
Buys
and sells cattle |
| Caulker |
Filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seams to make them
watertight |
| Ceiler |
Puts
up the ceilings in buildings |
| Cellarman |
Looked
after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses or the warehouse |
| Cemmer |
Hand
combed the yarn before weaving |
| Chaff Cutter |
Made
chaff by cutting straw |
| Chafferer |
Dealer
in chaff |
| Chair Bodger |
Traveling
chair repairman |
| Chaise
Maker |
Made
carts from wicker |
| Chaloner |
Dealer
in shalloon, a material made in Chƒlons |
| Chamber
Master |
Shoemaker
that worked from home as an outworker or selling direct |
| Chamberlain |
Steward
to either royalty or nobility, in charge of the household |
| Chambermaid |
Female
servant attending to bedrooms in houses or inns |
| Chandler |
Candle
seller, grocer, provisioner, usually associated with provisioning
ships |
| Chanty
Man |
Sailor
that led the singing of shanties on board ship |
| Chapeler |
Made
and sold hats |
| Chapman
/ Ceapman |
A
pedlar and dealer in small wares |
| Charcoal
Burner |
Made
charcoal usually in the woods where the trees were cut |
| Chartmaster |
Middleman
that negotiated mining contracts and suppiled the labour |
| Charwoman |
Cleaning
woman |
| Chatelaine |
Mistress
of a castle or house |
| Chaunter |
Street
entertainer who sung ballads |
| Cheese
Factor / Cheesman / Cheeser Monger |
Dealer
in cheeses |
| Chiffonier |
Wig
maker or ragpicker |
| Childbed
Linen Warehouse Keeper / Dealer |
Hired
bedlinen for childbirth as most children were born at home |
| Chimney
Sweep |
Chimney
cleaner |
| Chinglor |
Rooftiler
who used wooden shingles |
| Chip |
Shipwright
or carpenter |
| Chippers
Labourer |
Assistant
to a shipwright or ships carpenter |
| Chiropodist |
Treats
diseases of the feet & hands |
| Chirugion
/ Chirurgeon |
Apothecary
or surgeon (usually learned by apprenticeship) |
| Chowder |
Fish
monger |
| Chronologist |
Recorded
official events of historical importance |
| Cinder
Wench |
Female
who collected the cinders from gas works and sold them door
to door |
| Clarker |
Magician/astrologer |
| Clapman |
Town
crier |
| Clark |
Clerk |
| Classman |
A
term used particularly in Suffolk in the 1840's to describe
unemployed labourers |
| Claviger |
Servant |
| Clay
Carrier |
Assistant
to the shot firer in the pits |
| Clayman
/ Cleyman |
Worked
in the clay pits usually preparing the clay for making bricks
and also one who coated the outside of buildings with clay
to make them water proof |
| Clericus |
Clerk |
| Clerk |
Clergyman
or cleric |
| Clicker |
Worked
in the shoe trade cutting out the uppers made the shoelace
holes and one in charge of the final stage of layout before
printing in printing industry |
| Clipper
/ Clipper On / Clipper Off |
Attached
the coal carts to the wire or rope which was used to drag the
carts to and from the coal face |
| Clod
Hopper |
Plowman |
| Clogger |
Maker
of wooden shoes |
| Cloth
Lapper |
Took
the cloth from the carding machine readied it for the next
process |
| Cloth
Linter |
Removed
unwanted threads and lint from the finished material |
| Clothier
/ Clothesman / Clothman |
Who
made or sold clothes |
| Clouter
/ Clower |
Made
nails also another term for a shoemaker for the former term |
| Coachman
/ Coach Drive |
Drove
any coach |
| Coal
Backer |
Carried
the sacks of coal from the coal barge to the coal wagons |
| Coal
Burner |
Made
charcoal |
| Coal
Draver |
Worked
in the mines pushing or dragging the coal carts to the bottom
of the pit |
| Coal
Heaver |
Unloaded
coal |
| Coalman
/ Coal Merchant / Coal Higgler |
Sold
coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house |
| Coal
Runner |
Attended
the coal carts underground |
| Coal
Whipper |
Unloaded
coal from ships using baskets attached to a simple form of
crane |
| Coalmeter |
Measured
the coal |
| Coast
Surveryor / Waiter |
Customs
officer who watched over the ofloading off goods on the coast |
| Cobbler |
Shoemaker |
| Cobleman |
Used
a flat bottomed boat for fishing |
| Cocus |
Cook |
| Cod
Placer |
Put
fire proof containers which held the pottery for firing into
the kiln |
| Cohen |
A
priest |
| Coiner |
Worked
at the mint stamping out coins |
| Collar
Maker |
Made
horse collars and one who made shirt collars |
| Collier |
Originally
a charcoal later the name came to mean a coal miner or coal-ship |
| Colonus |
Latin
for farmer or husbandman |
| Colour
Man |
Mixed
the dyes in the textile trade and also assistant to a house
painter |
| Colourator
/ Coloratora |
Worked
with dyes |
| Colporteur |
Traveling
Bible or religious book salesman |
| Comb
Maker |
Made
combs either for the textile industry for combing wool etc.
or the maker of hair combs |
| Comber
/ Combere |
Combs
wool |
| Compositor |
Set
the type ready for printing |
| Conder/
Conner |
Gave
steering instructions to the steersman and also gave directions
to inshore fisherman of fish movements on shoals (usually from
the top of cliffs or rocks) |
| Coney
Catcher |
Rabbit
catcher |
| Confectioner |
Candy
maker |
| Conner |
Inspector
or tester |
| Cooper
/ Cuper |
These
were makers and repairers of barrels and other wooden vessels
such as tubs, buckets etc |
| Copeman
/ Coper |
Originally
he was a dealer, but by the 18th century the word had come
to mean a receiver of stolen goods |
| Copperbeater
/ Copperbeter |
Coppersmith |
| Coppersmith |
Worked
with copper |
| Coracle
Maker |
Made
coracles, a small round boat used for fishing |
| Cordiner
/ Cordwainer / Corviner / Corvisor |
Originally
a term used for one who worked with Cordovan (a special leather
from Spain) Then became a term used for a worker in all leather
from leather bottles and shoes to horse harnesses |
| Costermonger |
Originally
he was a seller of apples. It later became a general term for
a seller of fruit and vegetables from a barrow |
| Coster
Wife |
Female
fruit seller |
| Cotiler |
Cutler |
| Cottar |
He
was a cottager with a small landholding, obliged to provide
labour on the estate of the lord of the manor |
| Couper |
One
who buys and sells, especially in cattle and horses. Sometimes
used in combination, e.g. a horse-couper or a herring-couper.
Confusion can arise from it being misspelt 'cooper' |
| Couranteer |
Journalist |
| Cowherd |
Cow
tender |
| Cowkeeper |
Kept
one or more cows (a common source of livelihood in cities)
when a cow was kept in the back yard of a house, providing
milk which was sold at the front door or window, forerunner
of the local dairy |
| Coxwain |
Ship
or boat helmsman |
| Cratch
Maker |
Made
cratches (mangers, cribs, or frames) for hay |
| Crier |
Law
court officer, auctioneer, town announcer |
| Crimper |
Member
of navy press gang |
| Crocker |
Potter |
| Crofter |
Tenant
of a small piece of land |
| Cropper |
Tenant
who is paid with a share of the crop |
| Crosier
/ Crozier |
Bearer of the pastoral staff of a bishop or the bearer of the
cross before the archbishop in the church |
| Crowner |
Coroner |
| Cuhreur
/ Cunreur |
Currier |
| Curer |
Cures
tobacco |
| Curretter |
Broker |
| Currier |
Curriers
were dressers of leather for further treatment (cures or tans
hides) and were originally linked to the cordwainers |
| Customer |
Customs
tax collector |
| Cutler |
Made
or sharpened swords, knives and instruments |
