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<blockquote data-quote="_Michael_" data-source="post: 9567915" data-attributes="member: 7045276"><p>Tired of your characters strolling into town and demanding, "Where is the local weapon smith?!" and just blithely assuming that the village of approximately 780 people have a blacksmith interested in more than making horseshoes and bridles? Or are you sick of reaching for an NPC description to pull out of thin air after your characters go off on a tangent, and you need a profession for them that isn't just, "Local smith/local apothecary/etc?"</p><p></p><p>Look no further! Presented below is a list of professions I've combed the interwebz for, and hope that you all will add to and expand! Any archaic names for generalized professions are welcome! I've stayed away from specialized professional terms for jobs that operated only one aspect of a profession--wool carders, for instance, who specialize in combing the refuse from raw wool. I'm looking for more generalized jobs that have cool archaic terms/names that I can just drag and drop into the campaign. Now, instead of, "You meet Garrik, a blacksmith," it's "You meet Garrick, a greensmith [term for a copper smith]." More archaic terminology grounds the campaign in more realistic trappings, making the environment more immersive.</p><p></p><p>I'll put it in spoilers so it isn't just a wall of words.</p><p></p><p>[Spoiler]</p><p>Acater: supplier of food provisions</p><p>Acreman: plowman, oxherder</p><p>Accipitrary: a falconer</p><p>Alewife: a woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern</p><p>All Spice: A grocer</p><p>Anchorite/Anchoress: Hermit or religious recluse</p><p>Ale-Conner/Ale Founder: An official who tests quality and measure of ale served in public houses</p><p>Ankle beater: Young person hired to drive cattle to market</p><p>Apothecary: Prepared and sold medicine or drugs</p><p>Aproneer: shopkeeper</p><p>Arkwright: skilled craftsman who produced “arks” (wooden chests or coffers)</p><p>Armiger: squire</p><p>Ashman: dustman, garbage collector</p><p>Astrologer: Studied the stars and made predictions</p><p>Badger: licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it and could only work in specific areas</p><p>Bagman: traveling salesman</p><p>Bailiff: officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of a landowner</p><p>Banker: Deals with money and loans</p><p>Barber: Performed surgery, bloodletting, and hairdressing</p><p>Bard: Poet or minstrel</p><p>Bargeman: operated a barge ferry</p><p>Barker: Tanner</p><p>Basher: worked with sheep and goat skins</p><p>Basketman: made baskets and furniture from wicker</p><p>Bauer: farmer</p><p>Baxter: baker</p><p>Beadle: officer of the parish, town crier</p><p>Beaver: feltmaker specializing in hats</p><p>Belhoste: tavern keeper</p><p>Bell Founder: bell maker</p><p>Bell Ringer: Sounded bells in churches and town halls</p><p>Bellman: Watchman or town crier who also collected letters for the mail coach</p><p>Bill Poster: Put up notices, signs and advertisements</p><p>Binder: Bookmaker</p><p>Blower: Glassmaker</p><p>Bluffer: Innkeeper or landlord of a pub</p><p>Boardwright: carpenter who made tables and chairs</p><p>Bodey: Made bodices for women’s garments</p><p>Boniface: Innkeeper</p><p>Book Gilder: Decorated books with gold leaf</p><p>Boor: Peasant, especially one who works the land</p><p>Boothman: Corn Merchant</p><p>Borler: cheap clothing maker</p><p>Botcher: tailor or cobbler</p><p>Bowker: Yarn dyer</p><p>Braider: Ropemaker</p><p>Brazier: Brass smith</p><p>Brightsmith: Metal worker</p><p>Broom Squire: Broom maker</p><p>Brownsmith: Copper or Brass Smith</p><p>Buck Washer: laundress</p><p>Bullwhacker: Oxen driver</p><p>Burye Man: Grave Digger</p><p>Butler: Steward of a household</p><p>Butner: Button maker</p><p>Caddie: Messenger or errand boy</p><p>Caffler: Rag and bone collector</p><p>Caird: Tinker</p><p>Candler/Chandler: Candlemaker</p><p>Cambist: Banker</p><p>Campaner: Bell maker</p><p>Canvaser: Canvas maker</p><p>Caper/Capper: Cap maker</p><p>Carder: woolmaker</p><p>Carle: A common laborer, often associated with mining</p><p>Carter: drove a vehicle used to transport goods</p><p>Carner: Granary keeper</p><p>Carnifex: Butcher</p><p>Cartwright: maker of carts and wagons</p><p>Cashmarie: Fish seller at inland markets</p><p>Cellarman: Official who looked after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses</p><p>Chaunter: Street entertainer who sang ballads</p><p>Chapeler: Hat maker/seller</p><p>Chapman: Itinerant peddler of goods</p><p>Charwoman: cleaning woman, skullery maid</p><p>Chatelaine: Mistress of a castle or house</p><p>Chiffonier: Wig maker</p><p>Chimney Sweep: Chimney cleaner</p><p>Chirugeon: Apothecary or surgeon</p><p>Claker: Magician/astrologer</p><p>Clapman: Town crier</p><p>Clark: Clerk</p><p>Clothier: One who made or sold clothes</p><p>Coachman: One paid to drive coaches</p><p>Coalburner: Made charcoal</p><p>Coalman: Sold coal from a horse and cart, house to house</p><p>Cobbler: Shoemaker</p><p>Cooper: Barrel maker</p><p>Copperbeater: Copper smith</p><p>Costermonger/Costerwife: Fruit seller</p><p>Cowherd: Herds cattle</p><p>Crier: Law court officer, auctioneer, town announcer</p><p>Crocker: potter</p><p>Crofter: Tenant of a small piece of land</p><p>Crowner: Coroner</p><p>Currier: Cures or tans hides</p><p>Cutler: Knife seller or sharpener</p><p>Dairyman/Dairymaid: Works in a dairy, producing milk and butter</p><p>Delver: Ditch digger</p><p>Dexter: Dyer</p><p>Draper: dealer in fabrics and sewing needs</p><p>Drayman: Cart driver</p><p>Drummer: Traveling salesman</p><p>Duffer: Peddler of cheap goods</p><p>Dustman: Collected domestic refuse</p><p>Earer: Plowman</p><p>Eggler: Egg or poultry dealer</p><p>Ellerman: One who sold oil used for lamps</p><p>Ellymaker: Oil maker</p><p>Embalmer: One who prepares bodies for burial</p><p>Equerry: officer of the royal household, usually responsible for the royal horses</p><p>Exchequer: revenue collector</p><p>Exciseman: excise tax collector</p><p>Faber: artisan or workman</p><p>Falconer: breeder, hunter and trainer of falcons</p><p>Fanner: grain winnower</p><p>Farandman: Traveling merchant</p><p>Farrier: Horse shoer or blacksmith specializing in horse shoes and other related equipment</p><p>Feeder: Herdsman</p><p>Feller: Those who cut down trees and prepare timber</p><p>Felter: maker of hats</p><p>Fewster: saddle maker</p><p>Fewterer: Keeper of hounds, for hunting or coursing</p><p>Fiddler: makes and repairs musical instruments</p><p>File Cutter: a maker of files</p><p>Flyman: light coach driver</p><p>Foot Maiden/Man: Servant who ran errands</p><p>Foot Pad: Robber</p><p>Foot-Post: Letter or parcel carrier or messenger who traveled on foot</p><p>Forgeman: blacksmith assistant</p><p>Forger: blacksmith</p><p>Fossetmaker: One who made faucets for ale casks</p><p>Fower: Street cleaner, sweeper</p><p>Fowler: dealer or catcher of birds</p><p>Fripperer: Buyer and seller of old clothes</p><p>Friseur: hair dresser</p><p>Furber/Furbisher: rust remover, polisher of metal, eg, armor</p><p>Fulker: Pawnbroker</p><p>Fuller: wool maker</p><p>Furner: baker</p><p>Furrier: seller or maker of furs</p><p>Gaoler: jailer</p><p>Gater: Watchman</p><p>Gatward: Goat keeper</p><p>Gaunter: glove maker</p><p>Gilder: applier of gold leaf</p><p>Girdler: belt maker</p><p>Glazier: glassmaker</p><p>Glover: one that makes or sells gloves</p><p>Gracewife: midwife</p><p>Graffer: notary or scrivener</p><p>Granger: farmer</p><p>Graver: carver or sculptor of images</p><p>Grazier: cattle herder</p><p>Greensmith: copper smith</p><p>Haberdasher: seller of men’s clothing or hats</p><p>Handseller: Street vendor</p><p>Handwoman: midwife or female attendant</p><p>Hansard: weapon maker or seller</p><p>Hawker/Huckster: Peddler</p><p>Hatter: Maker or seller of hats</p><p>Haymonger: dealer in hay</p><p>Henchman: horseman or groom</p><p>Herald: Messenger, often with ceremonial duties</p><p>Hind: farm laborer</p><p>Hoggard: Pig drover</p><p>Holster: groom who took care of horses</p><p>Hooper: makes hoops for casks</p><p>Horner: works with horn (making combs, spoons, etc)</p><p>Horse Leech: veterinarian, farrier</p><p>Horse Capper: Dealer in worthless horses</p><p>Hosier: seller of stockings, socks, gloves, nightcaps</p><p>Hosteller: innkeeper</p><p>Hostler: groom for horses</p><p>Husbandman: farmer (general term)</p><p>Jester: A fool</p><p>Joiner: A skilled carpenter</p><p>Jongleur: Traveling mintrel</p><p>Kedger: Fisherman</p><p>Kilner: limeburner</p><p>Knacker: harness maker or buyer of old horses and dead animals</p><p>Knoller: bell toller</p><p>Lacewoman: Lady’s maid</p><p>Laster: Shoemaker</p><p>Lattener: brass worker</p><p>Leech: physician</p><p>Limner: illuminator of books, painter or drawer</p><p>Litterman: groom (horses)</p><p>Lorimer: maker of horse gear</p><p>Luthier: maker and repairer of stringed instruments</p><p>Maderer: Gathered and sold garlic</p><p>Malender: farmer</p><p>Malster: brewer, maker or seller of malts</p><p>Manciple: steward</p><p>Marshall: horse doctor or shoe smith</p><p>Matchet Forger: Knife maker</p><p>Mealman: Dealer in meal or flour</p><p>Melder: corn miller</p><p>Mercator: Merchant</p><p>Mercer: cloth seller</p><p>Miller: Operates a mill (grain, flour)</p><p>Millpeck: sharpener of mill stones</p><p>Moulder: brick maker, maker of molds or castings</p><p>Mountebank: seller of ineffectual patent medicines</p><p>Mourner: professional mourners</p><p>Mudlark: sewer cleaner</p><p>Nagsman: horse trainer</p><p>Naperer: royal servant in charge of table linens</p><p>Neatherd: cowherder</p><p>Nedeller: Needle maker</p><p>Necessary woman: servant responsible for emptying and cleaning chamber pots</p><p>Netter: Maker of nets</p><p>Olitor: Kitchen gardener</p><p>Ostiary: Monastery door keeper</p><p>Ostler: innkeeper/taverner, or a horse groom</p><p>Owler: sheep or wool smuggler</p><p>Packer: packs goods for sale</p><p>Packman: itinerant salesman</p><p>Page: youth being trained as a squire to a knight</p><p>Paling Man: seller or eels</p><p>Palister: official who oversees the security and maintenance of parks</p><p>Pannifex: cloth worker</p><p>Pantler: Butler</p><p>Pardoner: seller of indulgences</p><p>Pargeter: applied ornamental plaster to buildings</p><p>Pasteler: Pastry chef</p><p>Pastor: Shepherd</p><p>Pedascule: schoolmaster</p><p>Pelterer: One who worked with animal skins</p><p>Perchemear: Maker of parchment</p><p>Peregrinator: Itinerant wanderer</p><p>Peruker: Wig maker</p><p>Pessoner: Fish monger</p><p>Pewterer: Pewter smith</p><p>Pigman: Crockery seller</p><p>Piker: tramp or vagrant</p><p>Piller: robber</p><p>Pinder: dog catcher</p><p>Piner: laborer</p><p>Piper: Innkeeper</p><p>Pistor: Baker</p><p>Pitman: coal miner</p><p>Plaiter: weaver of straw for hats and other articles</p><p>Plasterer: deals with the plastering of walls of houses and buildings</p><p>Plowman: Works fields with a plow</p><p>Plowwright: smith specializing in plows</p><p>Plumer: maker or dealer of feathers</p><p>Polentier: Poultry dealer</p><p>Poller/Powler: Barber</p><p>Ponderator: inspector of weights and measures</p><p>Potato Badger: seller of potatoes</p><p>Preceptress: school mistress</p><p>Prothonary: law clerk</p><p>Publican: innkeeper</p><p>Punky: Chimney Sweep</p><p>Purefinder: old women and young girls who collected dog droppings for tanning leather</p><p>Raffman: a junk dealer</p><p>Ragman: a collector and seller of old clothes and rags</p><p>Raker: street sanitation worker</p><p>Ratoner: rat catcher</p><p>Rattlewatch: town watchman</p><p>Redsmith: goldsmith</p><p>Reeder: a thatcher who worked with reeds</p><p>Registrar: official in charge of recording documents such as land purchases and births</p><p>Renovator: tailor</p><p>Roper: maker of rope or nets</p><p>Rugman: dealer in rugs</p><p>Runner: smuggler</p><p>Saddler: Makes saddles and other horse equipment</p><p>Salter/Saucer: one who made or dealt in salt</p><p>Sandesman: ambassador or messenger</p><p>Sawyer: saws timbers to boards</p><p>Scaleraker/Scavenger: One paid by a local church to keep the streets around it clean</p><p>Scavelman: one paid to keep waterways and ditches clean</p><p>Scribe: clerk</p><p>Scrivener: clerk, notary</p><p>Scutcher: flax worker</p><p>Scullion/Scullery maid: servant who performed all the menial tasks</p><p>Seedsman: seller of seed</p><p>Sempster: seamstress</p><p>Seneschal: senior steward at a manor</p><p>Sewster: seamstress</p><p>Sheargrinder: sharpened scissors and shears, as well as other blades</p><p>Shepherd: Tends sheep</p><p>Shepster: dressmaker</p><p>Shrager: one who trimmed and pruned trees</p><p>Shrieve: sheriff</p><p>Shuster: shoe maker</p><p>Simpler: herbalist</p><p>Sissor: tailor</p><p>Skepper/Skelper: one who made and sold beehives</p><p>Skinner: dealer in hides</p><p>Soper: soap maker</p><p>Solicitor: lawyer</p><p>Sortor: tailor</p><p>Souter: shoe maker</p><p>Spallier: tin worker</p><p>Spicer: grocer or dealer in spices</p><p>Spinner: weaver who works on a loom and spins yarn</p><p>Stabler: ostler</p><p>Stationer: bookseller, seller of paper and writing instruments</p><p>Stay Maker: corset maker</p><p>Step Boy: servant who assists people in and out of coaches</p><p>Steward: manager of property</p><p>Stockinger: knitter, weaver or dealer in stockings</p><p>Sumner: summoner or apparitor; bailsman</p><p>Swain: herdsman</p><p>Thatcher: roofer</p><p>Tiler: makes and installs roof tiles</p><p>Tunner: one employed by breweries to fill ale casks (tuns) with ale</p><p>Vintner: Produces wine</p><p>Wainwright: Wagonmaker</p><p>Wheelwright: makes and repairs wheels for carts and wagons</p><p>[/Spoiler]</p><p></p><p>Feel free to add to the list! Always looking to expand!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_Michael_, post: 9567915, member: 7045276"] Tired of your characters strolling into town and demanding, "Where is the local weapon smith?!" and just blithely assuming that the village of approximately 780 people have a blacksmith interested in more than making horseshoes and bridles? Or are you sick of reaching for an NPC description to pull out of thin air after your characters go off on a tangent, and you need a profession for them that isn't just, "Local smith/local apothecary/etc?" Look no further! Presented below is a list of professions I've combed the interwebz for, and hope that you all will add to and expand! Any archaic names for generalized professions are welcome! I've stayed away from specialized professional terms for jobs that operated only one aspect of a profession--wool carders, for instance, who specialize in combing the refuse from raw wool. I'm looking for more generalized jobs that have cool archaic terms/names that I can just drag and drop into the campaign. Now, instead of, "You meet Garrik, a blacksmith," it's "You meet Garrick, a greensmith [term for a copper smith]." More archaic terminology grounds the campaign in more realistic trappings, making the environment more immersive. I'll put it in spoilers so it isn't just a wall of words. [Spoiler] Acater: supplier of food provisions Acreman: plowman, oxherder Accipitrary: a falconer Alewife: a woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern All Spice: A grocer Anchorite/Anchoress: Hermit or religious recluse Ale-Conner/Ale Founder: An official who tests quality and measure of ale served in public houses Ankle beater: Young person hired to drive cattle to market Apothecary: Prepared and sold medicine or drugs Aproneer: shopkeeper Arkwright: skilled craftsman who produced “arks” (wooden chests or coffers) Armiger: squire Ashman: dustman, garbage collector Astrologer: Studied the stars and made predictions Badger: licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it and could only work in specific areas Bagman: traveling salesman Bailiff: officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of a landowner Banker: Deals with money and loans Barber: Performed surgery, bloodletting, and hairdressing Bard: Poet or minstrel Bargeman: operated a barge ferry Barker: Tanner Basher: worked with sheep and goat skins Basketman: made baskets and furniture from wicker Bauer: farmer Baxter: baker Beadle: officer of the parish, town crier Beaver: feltmaker specializing in hats Belhoste: tavern keeper Bell Founder: bell maker Bell Ringer: Sounded bells in churches and town halls Bellman: Watchman or town crier who also collected letters for the mail coach Bill Poster: Put up notices, signs and advertisements Binder: Bookmaker Blower: Glassmaker Bluffer: Innkeeper or landlord of a pub Boardwright: carpenter who made tables and chairs Bodey: Made bodices for women’s garments Boniface: Innkeeper Book Gilder: Decorated books with gold leaf Boor: Peasant, especially one who works the land Boothman: Corn Merchant Borler: cheap clothing maker Botcher: tailor or cobbler Bowker: Yarn dyer Braider: Ropemaker Brazier: Brass smith Brightsmith: Metal worker Broom Squire: Broom maker Brownsmith: Copper or Brass Smith Buck Washer: laundress Bullwhacker: Oxen driver Burye Man: Grave Digger Butler: Steward of a household Butner: Button maker Caddie: Messenger or errand boy Caffler: Rag and bone collector Caird: Tinker Candler/Chandler: Candlemaker Cambist: Banker Campaner: Bell maker Canvaser: Canvas maker Caper/Capper: Cap maker Carder: woolmaker Carle: A common laborer, often associated with mining Carter: drove a vehicle used to transport goods Carner: Granary keeper Carnifex: Butcher Cartwright: maker of carts and wagons Cashmarie: Fish seller at inland markets Cellarman: Official who looked after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses Chaunter: Street entertainer who sang ballads Chapeler: Hat maker/seller Chapman: Itinerant peddler of goods Charwoman: cleaning woman, skullery maid Chatelaine: Mistress of a castle or house Chiffonier: Wig maker Chimney Sweep: Chimney cleaner Chirugeon: Apothecary or surgeon Claker: Magician/astrologer Clapman: Town crier Clark: Clerk Clothier: One who made or sold clothes Coachman: One paid to drive coaches Coalburner: Made charcoal Coalman: Sold coal from a horse and cart, house to house Cobbler: Shoemaker Cooper: Barrel maker Copperbeater: Copper smith Costermonger/Costerwife: Fruit seller Cowherd: Herds cattle Crier: Law court officer, auctioneer, town announcer Crocker: potter Crofter: Tenant of a small piece of land Crowner: Coroner Currier: Cures or tans hides Cutler: Knife seller or sharpener Dairyman/Dairymaid: Works in a dairy, producing milk and butter Delver: Ditch digger Dexter: Dyer Draper: dealer in fabrics and sewing needs Drayman: Cart driver Drummer: Traveling salesman Duffer: Peddler of cheap goods Dustman: Collected domestic refuse Earer: Plowman Eggler: Egg or poultry dealer Ellerman: One who sold oil used for lamps Ellymaker: Oil maker Embalmer: One who prepares bodies for burial Equerry: officer of the royal household, usually responsible for the royal horses Exchequer: revenue collector Exciseman: excise tax collector Faber: artisan or workman Falconer: breeder, hunter and trainer of falcons Fanner: grain winnower Farandman: Traveling merchant Farrier: Horse shoer or blacksmith specializing in horse shoes and other related equipment Feeder: Herdsman Feller: Those who cut down trees and prepare timber Felter: maker of hats Fewster: saddle maker Fewterer: Keeper of hounds, for hunting or coursing Fiddler: makes and repairs musical instruments File Cutter: a maker of files Flyman: light coach driver Foot Maiden/Man: Servant who ran errands Foot Pad: Robber Foot-Post: Letter or parcel carrier or messenger who traveled on foot Forgeman: blacksmith assistant Forger: blacksmith Fossetmaker: One who made faucets for ale casks Fower: Street cleaner, sweeper Fowler: dealer or catcher of birds Fripperer: Buyer and seller of old clothes Friseur: hair dresser Furber/Furbisher: rust remover, polisher of metal, eg, armor Fulker: Pawnbroker Fuller: wool maker Furner: baker Furrier: seller or maker of furs Gaoler: jailer Gater: Watchman Gatward: Goat keeper Gaunter: glove maker Gilder: applier of gold leaf Girdler: belt maker Glazier: glassmaker Glover: one that makes or sells gloves Gracewife: midwife Graffer: notary or scrivener Granger: farmer Graver: carver or sculptor of images Grazier: cattle herder Greensmith: copper smith Haberdasher: seller of men’s clothing or hats Handseller: Street vendor Handwoman: midwife or female attendant Hansard: weapon maker or seller Hawker/Huckster: Peddler Hatter: Maker or seller of hats Haymonger: dealer in hay Henchman: horseman or groom Herald: Messenger, often with ceremonial duties Hind: farm laborer Hoggard: Pig drover Holster: groom who took care of horses Hooper: makes hoops for casks Horner: works with horn (making combs, spoons, etc) Horse Leech: veterinarian, farrier Horse Capper: Dealer in worthless horses Hosier: seller of stockings, socks, gloves, nightcaps Hosteller: innkeeper Hostler: groom for horses Husbandman: farmer (general term) Jester: A fool Joiner: A skilled carpenter Jongleur: Traveling mintrel Kedger: Fisherman Kilner: limeburner Knacker: harness maker or buyer of old horses and dead animals Knoller: bell toller Lacewoman: Lady’s maid Laster: Shoemaker Lattener: brass worker Leech: physician Limner: illuminator of books, painter or drawer Litterman: groom (horses) Lorimer: maker of horse gear Luthier: maker and repairer of stringed instruments Maderer: Gathered and sold garlic Malender: farmer Malster: brewer, maker or seller of malts Manciple: steward Marshall: horse doctor or shoe smith Matchet Forger: Knife maker Mealman: Dealer in meal or flour Melder: corn miller Mercator: Merchant Mercer: cloth seller Miller: Operates a mill (grain, flour) Millpeck: sharpener of mill stones Moulder: brick maker, maker of molds or castings Mountebank: seller of ineffectual patent medicines Mourner: professional mourners Mudlark: sewer cleaner Nagsman: horse trainer Naperer: royal servant in charge of table linens Neatherd: cowherder Nedeller: Needle maker Necessary woman: servant responsible for emptying and cleaning chamber pots Netter: Maker of nets Olitor: Kitchen gardener Ostiary: Monastery door keeper Ostler: innkeeper/taverner, or a horse groom Owler: sheep or wool smuggler Packer: packs goods for sale Packman: itinerant salesman Page: youth being trained as a squire to a knight Paling Man: seller or eels Palister: official who oversees the security and maintenance of parks Pannifex: cloth worker Pantler: Butler Pardoner: seller of indulgences Pargeter: applied ornamental plaster to buildings Pasteler: Pastry chef Pastor: Shepherd Pedascule: schoolmaster Pelterer: One who worked with animal skins Perchemear: Maker of parchment Peregrinator: Itinerant wanderer Peruker: Wig maker Pessoner: Fish monger Pewterer: Pewter smith Pigman: Crockery seller Piker: tramp or vagrant Piller: robber Pinder: dog catcher Piner: laborer Piper: Innkeeper Pistor: Baker Pitman: coal miner Plaiter: weaver of straw for hats and other articles Plasterer: deals with the plastering of walls of houses and buildings Plowman: Works fields with a plow Plowwright: smith specializing in plows Plumer: maker or dealer of feathers Polentier: Poultry dealer Poller/Powler: Barber Ponderator: inspector of weights and measures Potato Badger: seller of potatoes Preceptress: school mistress Prothonary: law clerk Publican: innkeeper Punky: Chimney Sweep Purefinder: old women and young girls who collected dog droppings for tanning leather Raffman: a junk dealer Ragman: a collector and seller of old clothes and rags Raker: street sanitation worker Ratoner: rat catcher Rattlewatch: town watchman Redsmith: goldsmith Reeder: a thatcher who worked with reeds Registrar: official in charge of recording documents such as land purchases and births Renovator: tailor Roper: maker of rope or nets Rugman: dealer in rugs Runner: smuggler Saddler: Makes saddles and other horse equipment Salter/Saucer: one who made or dealt in salt Sandesman: ambassador or messenger Sawyer: saws timbers to boards Scaleraker/Scavenger: One paid by a local church to keep the streets around it clean Scavelman: one paid to keep waterways and ditches clean Scribe: clerk Scrivener: clerk, notary Scutcher: flax worker Scullion/Scullery maid: servant who performed all the menial tasks Seedsman: seller of seed Sempster: seamstress Seneschal: senior steward at a manor Sewster: seamstress Sheargrinder: sharpened scissors and shears, as well as other blades Shepherd: Tends sheep Shepster: dressmaker Shrager: one who trimmed and pruned trees Shrieve: sheriff Shuster: shoe maker Simpler: herbalist Sissor: tailor Skepper/Skelper: one who made and sold beehives Skinner: dealer in hides Soper: soap maker Solicitor: lawyer Sortor: tailor Souter: shoe maker Spallier: tin worker Spicer: grocer or dealer in spices Spinner: weaver who works on a loom and spins yarn Stabler: ostler Stationer: bookseller, seller of paper and writing instruments Stay Maker: corset maker Step Boy: servant who assists people in and out of coaches Steward: manager of property Stockinger: knitter, weaver or dealer in stockings Sumner: summoner or apparitor; bailsman Swain: herdsman Thatcher: roofer Tiler: makes and installs roof tiles Tunner: one employed by breweries to fill ale casks (tuns) with ale Vintner: Produces wine Wainwright: Wagonmaker Wheelwright: makes and repairs wheels for carts and wagons [/Spoiler] Feel free to add to the list! Always looking to expand! [/QUOTE]
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