Old Occupations
- Accomptant--Accountant
- Almoner--Giver of charity to the needy
- Amanuensis--Secretary or stenographer
- Artificer--A soldier mechanic who does repairs
- Bailie--Bailiff
- Baxter--Baker
- Bluestocking--Female writer
- Boniface--Keeper of an inn
- Brazier--One who works with brass
- Brewster--Beer manufacturer
- Brightsmith--Metal Worker
- Burgonmaster--Mayor
- Caulker--One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hem fiber produced by taking old ropes apart
- Chaisemaker--Carriage maker
- Chandler--Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries, ship supplier
- Chiffonnier--Wig maker
- Clark--Clerk
- Clerk--Clergyman, cleric
- Clicker--The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked.
- Cohen--Priest
- Collier--Coal miner
- Colporteur--Peddler of books
- Cooper--One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves and hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc.
- Cordwainer--Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain
- Costermonger--Peddler of fruits and vegetables
- Crocker--Potter
- Crowner--Coroner
- Currier--One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease
- Docker--Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo
- Dowser--One who finds water using a rod or witching stick
- Draper--A dealer in dry goods
- 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; a dealer in cattle
- Duffer--Peddler
- 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
- Hatcheler--One who combed out or carded flax
- Haymonger--Dealer in hay
- Hayward--Keeper of fences
- Higgler--Itinerant peddler
- Hillier--Roof tiler
- Hind--A farm laborer
- Holster--A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn
- Hooker--Reaper
- Hooper--One who made hoops for casks and barrels
- Huckster--Sells small wares
- Husbandman--A farmer who cultivated the land
- Jagger--Fish peddler
- Journeyman--One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day
- Joyner / Joiner--A skilled carpenter
- Keeler--Bargeman
- Kempster--Wool comber
- Lardner--Keeper of the cupboard
- Lavender--Washer woman
- Lederer--Leather maker
- Leech--Physician
- Longshoreman--Stevedore
- Lormer--Maker of horse gear
- Malender--Farmer
- Maltster--Brewer
- Manciple--A steward
- Mason--Bricklayer
- Mintmaster--One who issued local currency
- Monger--Seller of goods (ale, fish)
- Muleskinner--Teamster
- Neatherder--Herds cows
- Ordinary Keeper--Innkeeper with fixed prices
- Pattern Maker--A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end
- Peregrinator--Itinerant wanderer
- Peruker--A wig maker
- Pettifogger--A shyster lawyer
- Pigman--Crockery dealer
- Plumber--One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows
- Porter--Door keeper
- Puddler--Wrought iron worker
- Quarrier--Quarry worker
- Rigger--Hoist tackle worker
- Ripper--Seller of fish
- Roper--Maker of rope or nets
- Saddler--One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses
- Sawbones--Physician
- Sawyer--One who saws; carpenter
- Schumacker--Shoemaker
- Scribler--A minor or worthless author
- Scrivener--Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public
- Scrutiner--Election judge
- Shrieve--Sheriff
- Slater--Roofer
- Slopseller--Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop
- Snobscat / Snob--One who repaired shoes
- Sorter--Tailor
- Spinster--A woman who spins or an unmarried woman
- Spurrer--Maker of spurs
- Squire--Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace
- Stuff gown--Junior barrister
- Stuff gownsman--Junior barrister
- Supercargo--Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship.
- Tanner--One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather
- Tapley--One who puts the tap in an ale cask
- Tasker--Reaper
- Teamster--One who drives a team for hauling
- Thatcher--Roofer
- Tide waiter--Customs inspector
- Tinker--Am itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman
- Tipstaff--Policeman
- Travers--Toll bridge collection
- Tucker--Cleaner of cloth goods
- Turner--A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles
- Victualer--A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food
- Vulcan--Blacksmith
- Wagoner--Teamster not for hire
- Wainwright--Wagon maker
- Waiter--Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in.
- Waterman--Boatman who plies for hire
- Webster--Operator of looms
- Wharfinger--Owner of a wharf
- Wheelwright--One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages,etc.
- Whitesmith--Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work
- Whitewing--Street sweeper
- Whitster--Bleach of cloth
- Wright--Workman, especially a construction worker
- Yeoman--Farmer who owns his own land
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