Olde Occupations
Q - S
Olde Occupations
Q - S
| A | B | C | D-E | F-G | H-L | M-P | Q-S | T-Z |
| Qhylwryghte | wheelwright |
| Quarrel Picker | glazier |
| Quarrier | quarry worker |
| Quarryman | quarry worker |
| Quiller | operated a machine that wound yarn onto spools |
| Quilter | quilted material |
| Quiltress | quilted material |
| Quister | bleached things |
| Rack Maiden | girl employed in the tin mines of Cornwall to dress the ore |
| Raff Merchant | seller of fiber used to make raffia bags etc |
| Raffman | dealt in raff (saleable rubbish) |
| Rag and Bone Man | went from street to street with a cart and collected any old rubbish |
| Rag Cutter | cut up rags into small pieces to be used for making paper etc |
| Rag Gatherers | employed to clear the rags from the machinery in the mills |
| Rag Man | went from street to street collecting and selling old clothes and rags |
| Rag Picker | sorted through the left over rags to find reusable ones |
| Rail Stran'er | iron industry worker |
| Raker | street sanitation worker |
| Ratoner | rat catcher |
| Rattlewatch | town watchman |
| Reckoner | worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Rectifier | distilled alcoholic spirits |
| Redar | interpreter of dreams |
| Reddsman | employed in maintaining mine haulage ways |
| Redesman | employed in maintaining mine haulage ways |
| Redsman | employed in maintaining mine haulage ways |
| Redsmith | goldsmith |
| Reeder | worked with reeds for hedging or thatching |
| Reedmaker | made the pipe for a musical instrument; made a weavers implement (a reed), reed cloth or the comb used in tapestry |
| Reeler | operated the machine that wound the yarn onto the bobbin |
| Reeve | church warden |
| Reever | shriever |
| Refiners | worked in the tinplate manufacturing and iron industries |
| Registrar | official who registers events such as land purchases or births |
| Relieving Officer | organized parish relief; acted as a Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths |
| Renovator | repaired clothing |
| Revenuer | federal officer enforcing the law against illegal manufacturing of whisky |
| Rickmaster | captain of horse |
| Riddler | wool stapler |
| Riding officers | customs officers on horseback set up on the coast in 1688 to prevent smuggling |
| Riftere | reaper |
| Rigger | hoist tackle worker; works on a ship's rigging |
| Ripper | seller of fish; maker and seller of baskets; miners who 'ripped' away the roof and floor of a seam in a mine to allow sufficient height to bring horses up to the coal face |
| Rippier | seller of fish; maker and seller of baskets |
| Riser | worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Riverman | worker on a river boat |
| Roadman | coal mine worker who maintained the condition of the main underground roadways |
| Rockgetter | rock salt miner |
| Rockman | worked in a quarry usually placing the charges on the rock face |
| Rodman | surveyor's assistant |
| Roll Turner | carder of wool, cotton etc into rolls prior to spinning |
| Roller | iron industry worker |
| Roller Cover | covered the rollers for the spinning process |
| Rollerman | in a Tin Plate Works - inserted the red hot sheets into the rolls - team captain. |
| Rolleyway Man | maintained the underground road in the mines |
| Roman Cementer | worked with roman cement used in stuccoing |
| Roper | maker of rope or nets |
| Rotarius | wheelwright |
| Rover | archer or operator of a machine used in cotton mills which prepared the carded fibre into rolls |
| Rower | builder of (small) wagon wheels |
| Rubbers | worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Rubbisher | sorted the small stones in the quarries |
| Rubbler | sorted the small stones in the quarries |
| Rugman | dealer in rugs |
| Runner | smuggler; messenger; worked for the magistrate - best remembered as Bow Street Runners |
| Rustler | cattle thief |
| Saddle Tree Maker | made the frames for saddles that the saddler used |
| Saddler | maker and repairer of saddles and bridles |
| Safernman | grower of saffron |
| Saggar Maker | made the fireclay containers in which the stoneware was placed ready for firing |
| Sagger Maker | made the fireclay containers in which the stoneware was placed ready for firing |
| Saloonist | saloon keeper |
| Salt Boiler | obtained salt by boiling water |
| Salter | made or dealt in salt |
| Samite | maker of a kind of heavy silk stuff |
| Samitere | maker of a kind of heavy silk stuff |
| Sand Hog | dug the tunnel under the river |
| Sandesman | ambassador or messenger |
| Sandwichman | wears a sandwich billboard for advertising |
| Sarcinet Weaver | silk weaver |
| Saucer | made or dealt in salt |
| Sauntere | salt maker |
| Sausere | salter |
| Savant | servant |
| Sawbones | physician |
| Sawbones | physician |
| Sawyer | saws; carpenter |
| Say Weaver | made Say, material used for table cloths or bedding |
| Scabbler | uses a scabbler (pick) to trim the sides of a tunnel |
| Scagiola Maker | made imitation marble |
| Scaleraker | employed by the parish to clean the streets |
| Scappler | roughly shaped the stone prior to being finished by the stonemason |
| Scavelman | employed to keep the waterways and ditches clear |
| Scavenger | employed by the parish to clean the streets |
| Schrimpschonger | artisan who carves in bone, ivory, or wood |
| Schumacker | shoemaker; cobbler |
| Scotch Draper | sold goods door to door with payment to be made by installments |
| Scotchman | sold goods door to door with payment to be made by installments |
| Scourers | worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Screener | screened the ore at the mines surface |
| Scribbler | employed in a scibbling mill where the wool was roughly carded before spinning |
| Scribe | clerk |
| Scriber | employed at the docks to mark the cotton bales with the approximate weight ready for selling by the brokers |
| Scribler | minor or worthless author |
| Scrimer | fencing master |
| Scripture Reader | employed by the local clergy to go from house to house reading parts of the bible to try and encourage people to attend church, also read scriptures during some services |
| Scrivener | professional or public copyist or writer; wrote out legal documents etc; notary public |
| Scrutineer | election judge |
| Scullery Maid | female servant who performed all the menial tasks |
| Scullion | male servant who performed all the menial tasks |
| Scutcher | beat the flax to soften the straw in the bundles |
| Seal Presser | employed in the glass industry to seal the bath against air intake which could spoil the finished surface |
| Searcher | customs man |
| Secret Springer | made watch springs |
| Sedgeman | skilled workman who applied sedge (type of grass) which was used as an early roofing material |
| Seedsman | sower of seeds |
| Seinter | girdle maker |
| Seler | sadder |
| Self Acting Minder | in charge of the automatic spinning mule in the mills |
| Sellarius | sadder |
| Semi Lorer | maker of leather thongs |
| Sempster | seamstress |
| Seneschal | senior steward at the Manor |
| Serviens | sergeant |
| Servus | servant |
| Sevier | sieve-maker |
| Sewer | tailor or shoemaker |
| Sewer Hunter | scavenger who concentrated on the sewers trying to find valuable objects |
| Sewer Rat | bricklayer who specialized in making and repairing sewers and tunnels |
| Sewing Clerk | collector of clothing piecework |
| Sewster | seamstress |
| Sexton | cared for and kept up church property; rang bells; dug graves |
| Shagreen Case Maker | worked with shagreen leather |
| Shanty Man | lumberman |
| Sharecropper | tenant farmer who would be paid with part of the crop |
| Sharman | raised the surface of woolen cloth and then sheared it to a smooth surface; cutter of woolen cloth |
| Shearer | removed the fleece from sheep |
| Sheargrinder | sharpened shears, scissors |
| Shearman | raised the surface of woolen cloth and then sheared it to a smooth surface; cutter of woolen cloth |
| Shearman | shearer of cloth, metal |
| Shearman | made worsted |
| Sheath Maker | made scabbards for swords |
| Sheepman | sheep herder |
| Shepster | dressmaker |
| Sherman | raised the surface of woolen cloth and then sheared it to a smooth surface; cutter of woolen cloth |
| Sherman | shearer of cloth, metal |
| Shether | sheather; scabbard maker |
| Shifter | miner paid day rate per shift, usually on repair work |
| Shingler | roof tiler who used wooden tiles (shingles); employed in Iron Works |
| Ship Husband | repairer of ships while in harbor |
| Ship Master | owner or captain of a ship |
| Shipwright | constructor or repairer or ships |
| Shoe Finder | seller of shoe maker's tools |
| Shoe Wiper | servant who polished shoes |
| Shoesmith | cobbler; shoed horses |
| Shop Joyner | housewright |
| Shopjoiner | housewright |
| Shot Firer | in charge of blasting in mines or quarries |
| Shrager | trimmed and pruned trees |
| Shrieve | sheriff |
| Shuffler | yardman on the farms |
| Shunter | moved rolling stock around the railway yards |
| Shuster | shoe maker |
| Shuttle Maker | made the shuttles for the weaving mills |
| Sickleman | reaper |
| Sidesman | assisted the churchwarden |
| Sifker | sieve maker |
| Silk Dresser | prepared the silk for weaving |
| Silk Engine Turner | turned the wheel on automatic silk weaving looms |
| Silk Mercer | sold silk cloth and items made from silk |
| Silk Thrower | worker in the silk industry |
| Silk Twister | silk spinner |
| Silker | sewed the ends of the fabric to prevent the layers from separating |
| Silkmaker Spinster | female spinner |
| Silkmaker Throster | male spinner |
| Silversmith | worked with silver |
| Simpler | agriculturist that we would call herbalist today |
| Sissor | tailor |
| Sizer | applies size to textiles |
| Skeiner Maker | made wheels used in spinning industry upon which yarn was wound |
| Skelper | made and sold beehives |
| Skepper | made and sold beehives |
| Skinker | tapster in an ale house |
| Skinner | dealer in hides, mule driver |
| Skipmaker | made the skips used in mining and quarrying for moving men or materials to the surface |
| Skipper | master of a ship |
| Slaper | worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter |
| Slapper | worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter |
| Slater | roofer |
| Slatter | tiled roofs with slate; tiler |
| Slaymaker | maker of reeds or slays (instruments to part threads in weaving) for looms |
| Sleymaker | maker of reeds or slays (instruments to part threads in weaving) for looms |
| Slopseller | seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop |
| Slubber | operated the machine used to prepare cotton for spinning |
| Slubber Doffer | removed the bobbins from the spindles in the mills |
| Smackman | worked on a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly in coasting and fishing |
| Smallware Maker | made smallware, e.g. tapes, braids etc |
| Smelter | worker in a metal smelter, smelt fisherman |
| Smiddy | smith |
| Smith | metal worker |
| Smugsmith | smuggler |
| Snapper | worker in glass factory who placed molded bottle (by neck) into furnace hole |
| Snob | shoe repairman |
| Snobscat | shoe repairman |
| Snuffer Maker | made the candle snuffer |
| Soap Boiler | soap maker |
| Sojourner Clothier | traveling clothes salesman |
| Solicitor | lawyer |
| Soper | soap maker |
| Sorter | tailor |
| Souter | shoe maker |
| Soyor | sawyer |
| Spallier | tin worker who performs chiefly menial tasks |
| Special Constable | man chosen by magistrates to help them keep law and order |
| Sperviter | keeper of sparrows |
| Spicer | grocer |
| Spinner | spins yarn |
| Spinster | woman who spins; an unmarried woman |
| Spittleman | hospital attendant |
| Splitter | operated a splitting machine; split things by hand, e.g. stone, timber etc |
| Spooner | made spoons |
| Spragger | inserts a piece of wood (sprag) between the wheels of a lorry (truck) to bring it to a standstill |
| Spurrer | maker of spurs |
| Spurrier | maker of spurs |
| Squarewright | carpenter, specifically a furniture maker |
| Squire | country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace; practitioner of a profession, a gentleman |
| Stabler | ostler |
| Stallman | keeper of a market stall |
| Stampman | worker of an ore crushing machine |
| Stasyon | probably a stationer |
| Stationer | bookseller, seller of paper & writing implements |
| Statist | politician |
| Staver | senior member of a "butty partnership" of miners, and in charge at the surface |
| Stawsun | probably a stationer |
| Stay Maker | corset maker |
| Steeple Jacker | painted flag poles etc. |
| Steersman | ship's helmsman |
| Stenterer | operated the cloth finishing machine |
| Step Boy | employed to help passengers to enter or leave the coach |
| Stevedore | unloads and loads ships' cargoes |
| Stever | senior member of a "butty partnership" of miners, and in charge at the surface |
| Steward | manager of property; purveyor of supplies; attended passengers on conveyance |
| Sticher | does decorative stitching |
| Stockinger | knitter, weaver, or dealer in stockings |
| Stoker | tends the fire of an engine boiler |
| Stokiner | maker or weaver of stockings |
| Stone Picker | employed to remove the stones from the farmers fields before planting |
| Stone Workers | worked with stone |
| Stonedresser | an itinerant worker who re-cut and sharpened millstones |
| Stoneman | surveyor of highways |
| Stonewarden | surveyor of highways |
| Storeman | responsible for stored goods |
| Stover | senior member of a "butty partnership" of miners, and in charge at the surface |
| Stowyer | stowed the nets away on fishing boats |
| Stravaiger | vagrant |
| Straw Joiner | thatched roofs |
| Straw Plaiter | made straw braids for the hat industry |
| Streaker | prepared the body for burial |
| Street Boy | street cleaner |
| Street Orderly | street cleaner |
| Striker | blacksmiths helper; harpooned the whale; worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Stringer | made the strings for bows |
| Stripper | employed in the woolen trade to remove the rubbish from the carding machines |
| Stuff Gown | junior barrister |
| Stuff Weaver | wove stuff (the coarse part of flax) |
| Stuffgownsman | junior barrister |
| Sucksmith | made ploughshares |
| Sugarer | dealer in sugar |
| Sumner | summoner or apparitor |
| Sumpter | porter |
| Supercargo | officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship |
| Sutler | merchant or peddler in an army camp |
| Swailer | miller or dealer in grain |
| Swain | herdsman |
| Sweep | chimneysweep |
| Swell Maker | made shallow baskets |
| Swineherder | pig keeper |
| Swineyard | pig keeper |
| Swingler | beats flax to remove woody parts |
| Sword Cutler | sword maker |
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