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WHAT JOBS DID OUR ANCESTORS HOLD?
Here is a list of jobs with the title as known by
our ancestors / and the corresponding current title
JOBS PAGE 2
"Cordwainer to Hayward"
Cordwainer: Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather
from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain
Costermonger: Peddler of fruits and vegetables
Crocker: Potter
Currier: One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry
Docker, Stevedore: dock worker who loads and unloads cargo
Drayman: One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides
for carrying heavy loads
Dresser: A surgeon's assistant in a hospital
Drover: One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market;
Factor Agent: commission merchant; one who acts or transacts
business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of
an estate
Farrier: A blacksmith, one who shoes horses
Faulkner: Falconer
Fell monger: One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation
for leather making
Fletcher: One who made bows and arrows
Fuller: One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen
cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who
cleans and finishes cloth
Gaoler: A keeper of the goal, a jailer
Glazier: Window glassman
Hacker: Maker of hoes
Haymonger: Dealer in hay
Hayward: Keeper of fences
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