Wood Turners, , Wet Nurses and other Jobs

Fantasy notes

Note many of these jobs (clock maker) do not exist in the general population. Clock makers would be water clock makers for example, and are generally only gnomes or elves and within those lands only. 

    A block maker does not exist at all, at least not in WOG setting until the 10 century CY generally, thought again, certain sages and outrunners 

 This list is a draft of the Saga version of the historical reality. 


Historical Notes

Common Craftsmen - sorted by frequency

• 366 - shoemaker - one who makes and repairs shoes
• 214 - furrier - one who makes and repairs goods made of furs - esp. clothes
• 197 - tailor - one who makes and repairs clothing
• 131 - jeweler - maker of jewelry
• 106 - pastrycook - baker specializing in pastries (sugar is rare, however honey is not)
• 104 - mason - bricklayer
• 95 - carpenter - one who constructs things from wood
• 86 - weaver - weaver of cloth
• 71 - chandler - one who makes candles, also grocer. Often associated with ships (see shipchandler)
• 70 - cooper - one who makes and repairs barrels and tubs
• 62 - baker - one who makes bread and other baked goods
• 58 - scabbard maker - maker of scabbards
• 54 - hatmaker - maker of hats
• 51 - saddler - maker of saddles
• 51 - chicken butcher - butcher of chickens
• 45 - purse maker - maker of purses
• 42 - meat butcher - butcher of all sorts of meats, esp beef
• 36 - buckle maker - maker of buckles
• 34 - blacksmith - one who works with iron to form metal implements: esp farm tools.
• 28 - roofer - one who makes and repairs roofs
• 27 - locksmith - one who makes and repairs locks
• 26 - ropemaker - maker of rope
• 24 - tanner - preparer of leather
• 24 - rugmaker - maker of rugs
• 24 - harness maker - maker of harnesses
• 23 - bleacher
• 22 - cutler - one who makes and repairs cutlery
• 21 - glover - a glovemaker

Less common craftsmen - sorted alphabetically

• accoutrement maker - makes military accessories
• alabasterer - worker in alabaster
• architect - a designer of buildings and other constructions
• arkwright - a maker of "arks" -- wooden chests or coffers
• armorer
• balancemaker
• basketmaker
• beekeeper - also known as apiarist
• beerbrewer
• bellfounder
• bellmaker - these are the little bells that go on sleighs and clothing, as opposed to the large civic bells cast by the bellfounder
• besom maker - one who makes brooms (known as besoms in the middle ages: 'broom' was the name of the plant use to make them)
• billier - axe-maker
• blockcutter - for block printing
• bodger - itinerant wood turners; a repair man of wood things (read more)
• bonecarver
• bookbinder
• bookprinter
• bottelier - maker of leather bottles
• bowyer - maker of bows
• brazier - makes brassware
• brewer
• bricker - brick baker, not mason
• bricker - brick-maker
• bricklayer
• broderer - embroiderer
• bronzefounder
• broom-dasher - maker of brooms
• brushbinder
• builder
• buttonmaker
• cabinetmaker
• campaner - maker of large bells (church-bells, for example)
• canvasser - canvas-maker
• carder - one who cards wool (combs out wool in preparation for spinning it)
• cardmaker
• cartwright
• chainmaker
• charcoalburner
• cheesemaker
• clockmaker
• clothier
• cobbler - shoe maker
• coiner
• combmaker
• compasssmith
• confectioner
• coppersmith, redsmith - a worker in copper and brass
• cordwainer - worker in fine leather
• corsetier - maker of corsets and other undergarments
• currier - one who cures leather
• delver - ditchdigger
• diamantaire - diamond-cutter (actually, diamond-cutting wasn't discovered until after the Middle Ages, but once it was diamantaires usually had their own guilds) Gnomes and elves have discovered this secret job and some dwarves now do it as well since the 4th Century Cy. 
• disher - a potter who makes dishes
• draper - Originally, drapers were clothiers, though today the British use the word for a dry goods merchant.
• drycooper
• drywaller
• dyer - one who dyes cloth
• embroiderer - one who decorates fabric with stitched designs
• engraver - for printing, not to decorate items
• fabricshearer - trims the nap and makes pleats for customers
• feltmaker
• fewtrer - felt-maker
• fletcher - maker of arrows
• founder - foundryman
• fuller - cloth worker who shrinks, beats, presses cloth
• fuller - someone who cleans and thickens cloth by beating it
• furniture maker
• gemcutter
• gilder - one who gilds (applies gold leaf to something)
• girdler - leather worker who made girdles and belts, chiefly for the Army
• girdler - belt-maker
• glassblower - one who makes glass objects by blowing
• glazier - maker of stained glass
• goldbeater - one who makes gold foil
• goldsmith - a worker in precious metals. In the Middle Ages, all people who worked in precious metals were called goldsmiths; the term silversmith is a much later word.
• gravedigger
• grinder - knife sharpener
• hacker - hoe-maker
• hatter - one who makes and repairs hats
• horner - craftsman who works in horn -- spoons, combs, musical instruments
• ivorist - an ivory-carver
• joiner - skilled carpenter
• knacker - harness-maker
• knapper - a worker in flint
• knifesmith
• lacemaker
• lampwright - maker of lamps and lanterns
• lancier - a maker of lances
• lanternmaker
• lapidary - worker with precious stones -- usu. other than diamonds
• latoner - worker in brass and latten (a brass-like alloy)
• leadworker
• lensgrinder
• limner - someone who illuminates manuscripts
• linen-armorer - one who makes cloth armor [same as a merchant taylor]
• linener - a shirt maker [also, a linen-draper]
• linenspinner
• lorimer - maker of horse gear
• lutemaker
• luthier - a maker of stringed instruments (lutes, guitars, etc.)
• mailer - enameller -- not a maker of armor
• mailmaker
• malemaker - a maker of leather trunks
• mapmaker - also known as cartographer
• marler - one who digs 'marl', a type of soil used as fertilizer.
• marleywoman - a maker of marli, a type of fabric (gauze used for embroidery). Note that embroidery on this material is also known as marli.
• master builder - chief architect
• merchant taylor - tailors and "linen armourers"; they made the padded tunics soldiers would wear under metal armor
• milliner - maker of womens' hats and clothing
• miner
• miniaturist - painter of miniatures (small paintings usually found on icons or in books)
• minter, mintmaster, moneyer - one who mints coins
• mirrorer - one who makes mirrors?
• nailmaker
• nedeller - maker of needles
• netmaker
• oilmaker
• papermaker
• parchmenter
• parchmenter - a parchment-maker
• pasteler - a pastry-maker
• pattenmaker
• perukier - a wig-maker [I don't know if the word was used in the Middle Ages; the oldest use of the word peruke I can find is 1548]
• pewterer
• physician
• pinmaker
• plasterer
• plattner - beat out sheets of metal
• plumber - worker in lead
• pointer - lace-maker
• poleturner - maker of polearms (spears, pikes, halberds, etc.)
• pot mender
• potter
• printer
• purser - a purse-maker
• quarryman
• quilter - a quilt-maker
• rectifier - one who distilled alcohol
• reedmaker - a maker of flutes and other wind instruments
• roper - maker of ropes, nets
• rugweaver - one who makes rugs
• sailmaker
• saltboiler - makes salt by boiling water
• salter - makes or deals in salt
• sawyer - saws timbers to boards
• scythesmith
• seamstress
• shingler - wooden roof tiler
• shipwright - a ship builder
• siever - a maker of sieves (a picture)
• silkmaid, silkwoman - a woman who makes items out of silk.
• silk-dresser, silk-maker, silk-mercer, silk-dyer, silk-carder - various individuals making silk articles.
• silversmith
• smelter - refines raw ore into pure metals
• smith - blacksmith
• spectaclesmaker
• spooner - a spoon-maker
• spurrer - maker of spurs
• stonecarver
• stonecutter
• swordsmith
• tallowchandler
• tapestrymaker
• tapicer - tapestry maker
• tasseler - one who makes tassels
• thacker, thatcher - one who covers roofs with thatch
• thonger - maker of leather straps or laces
• threadmaker
• tile-burner - one who forms clay into tiles and bricks
• tiler, tile-theeker, tyler - one who roofs with tile
• tile maker - tile-maker
• tinker
• tinsmith
• treen maker - one who makes various small wood items
• turner - lathe worker (makes turned wooden objects, like chair legs)
• typefounder
• upholder - an upholsterer
• vaginarius - scabbard-maker (pl. vaginarii)
• vintner - a winemaker
• waxchandler
• webber - weaver
• wheeler - maker of spinning wheels
• wheelwright - a maker of wheels
• wiredrawer - maker of gold and silver wire
• woodcarver
• woodcutter
• woodturner
•  

http://www.svincent.com/MagicJar/Economics/MedievalOccupations.html#Sailors

Common Service Occupations - Sorted by Frequency

• 199 - maidservant
• 151 - barber - one who cuts hair, also performed surgery and pulled teeth.
• 130 - restaurateur - one who owns or runs a restaurant
• 58 - water carrier
• 43 - laundress - also known as lavendar
• 42 - porter - one who carries burdens, or one who waits at doors. Probably the former
• 29 - doctor
• 26 - bather - owner of a bath
• 24 - copyist - one who copies books and documents -- not all of them can read

Less common service occupations - sorted alphabetically

• accomptant - an accountant
• accoucheur - midwife
• accoucheus - midwife
• accountant - man who does financial bookkeeping
• actuary - man who does financial bookkeeping, clerk
• attendent
• bagger
• bailiff - the man who makes arrests and executions. Bailiff was not primarily used for the office of policeman. Etymologically, bailiffs were those in charge of the bailey - in effect, manager of the craftsmen and servants in a castle or manor house.
• barrister - solicitor or lawyer
• bath attendent
• bather - owner of a bath
• bodyservant
• butler - one in charge of the buttery (where alcohol was kept)
• carman - one who drives a vehicle for transporting goods
• carter - one who drives carts
• cartier
• carver - the servant who cut the meat
• ceiler - one who installs ceilings
• cellarer - one in charge of the wine cellar
• chamberlain - a private attendant who waits on his lord in his bedchamber
• chimney sweep - one who cleans chimneys and smokestacks.
• chirurgeon - surgeon
• clouter - one who fixes things, a tinkerer
• cook - one who cooks, especially food.
• cowherd - one who looks after a herd of cows. A medieval cowboy, as it were.
• currier - see tanner
• dairymaid
• dapifer - a servant who brings the meat to the table
• dentist
• ditcher - one who digs ditches
• diver - one who dives for a living.
• dog trainer
• drayman - cart driver
• dung carter
• executioner
• famulus - "a servant or attendant, esp. of a scholar or a magician" (Random House Dictionary of the English Language)
• farrier - maker of tack, esp. horeshoes; also a horse-veteranarian
• groom - one who takes care of the horses
• harlot - vagabond, beggar, rogue, 14th century male servant, attendant or menial, and 15th century, loose woman
• horseleech - veterinarian, farrier
• hurdle maker - made 'wattle fences' for sheep
• lawyer - a master of the law.
• link boy - boy who will carry a torch to guide people through the night
• link man - like a link boy, only older
• maid - a female household servant. A maid is always female; the word literally means virgin.
• marshal - a horse tender
• midwife - humorously known as a babycatcher
• miller - the person who turns grains into flour.
• napier - the person who manages royal linens
• nurse
• panter - keeper of the pantry
• paperer - needlemaking industry -- inserted needles into paper to prepare for selling
• pavior - one who lays pavement
• pavyler - put up pavilions/tents
• pissprophet - doctors who would diagnose disease from a patient's urine, specifically from the sight, smell, and taste of the urine.
• potboy - cleans out chamber pots
• privycleaner
• procurator - or proctor, this is a kind of legal agent or representative
• prostitute - one who sells sex
• quartermaster
• ragpicker - sorts through leftover rags, find re-usable ones
• raker - street sanitation worker
• riveter - one who rivets (a rivet being a nail designed to secure metal to metal)
• scullion - the bottom-rung servant in a household
• seneschal - senior steward
• solicitor - lawyer; almost non-existent; thought there are many similar jobs in some of more advanced nations; certainly the Great Kingdom has a Great legal tradition, and Keoland and Sulward City have some kind of solicitor class
• sperviter - a keeper of sparrow-hawks
• stainer - one who stains wood
• stillroom maid
• surgeon
• tapster - one who draws ale, etc. at an inn; innkeeper/bartender/barmaid
• teamster - one who drives a team of oxen or horses
• trencherman - carver, trench-digger
• userer - a moneylender, specifically a Jewish moneylender (the only people allowed to hold such a job in the Middle Ages)
• wagoner - wagon or cart driver
• waller - one who builds walls
• wattler - made 'wattle fences' for sheep
• weeper
• wetnurse

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Middle Ages Jobs

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Players Starting Equipment


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Rules

Spe Rules
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Character Generation: Normals
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