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A.
Alehouse keeper, 1522–3, 1594
almsman, 229
apothecary, 573, 602
apprentice, 261, 297, 449–50, 454–5, 543, 667, 718, 774, 799, 958, 1474, 1530, 1743
archdeacon, 498–9, 1031
Attendant in the Queen's Court, 29, 31
attorney, 754
attorney in ecclesiastical cases, 781
B.
Bachelor of Arts, 1242, 1508–9
Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 498–9, 1285
bag-bearer, 1206
baker, 180, 222, 571, 700, 718, 1239, 1634, 1675; brown baker, 76, 1051; white baker, 418, 457, 894, 1048, 1410
barber, 619, 925–6, 985, 1102, 1247, 1341, 1422; Barber Surgeon, 671, 1020, 1071, 1505, 1647
basketmaker, 785, 802, 967, 1680
Bishop of London, 479, 656
blacksmith, 109, 251, 355, 601, 641, 1157–8, 1171, 1211, 1222, 1522–3, 1603, 1607, 1613, 1681
bladesmith, 100
boxmaker, 582
brewer, 896, 973, 1047, 1125, 1164, 1523, 1586, 1632
bricklayer, 1382, 1385, 1426, 1529, 1599, 1667
brickmaker, 814, 1730–1
brown baker, see baker
butcher, 78–9, 446, 500, 794, 1002, 1120, 1124, 1135–6, 1259, 1261, 1276, 1322, 1349, 1372–3, 1443–5, 1487, 1527, 1562, 1636
butler, 282, 303
buttonmaker, 821, 886
C.
Callmaker, 295
candlemaker, 286
candleseller, 286
carder, 46
cardmaker, 542–3, 706
carman, 838, 1289, 1292, 1387–8
carpenter, 7–8, 80, 94, 317–8, 471, 790, 792, 828, 837, 839, 868, 909, 978, 983, 1055, 1219, 1314, 1344, 1359, 1363, 1530–1, 1575, 1673, 1684–5, 1695, 1704, 1713
casemaker, 304
chandler, 626, 635, 1362, 1597, 1687
chaplain, 341
cheesemonger, 1338
churchwarden, 347–9, 351–7, 424, 1575–7, 1787; parish warden, 1693
citizen, 215, 453, 707, 1088–9, 1647, 1727
cleric, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 41, 49, 75–7, 95–6, 101, 104, 132, 136–7, 140–6, 153, 156–9, 201–2, 204, 225, 259– 60, 265, 274, 277, 294, 333, 338, 346, 350–7, 368, 374–7, 380–2, 400, 417–9, 422, 432, 434, 441, 462–5, 476, 479, 498–9, 507–8, 520, 522, 530, 556, 585, 603–5, 634, 647–50, 675–6, 714, 757–8, 808, 822–3, 845–6, 849, 914, 919, 921, 925, 927–9, 935–6, 941, 943, 965–7, 970–2, 989–91, 995, 997, 999, 1007–8, 1016–7, 1040, 1073–4, 1114, 1225, 1283–4, 1299, 1302, 1307, 1354, 1356, 1358–9, 1379, 1394, 1409, 1422, 1432–3, 1511–2, 1540, 1560, 1588, 1604, 1646, 1651, 1659, 1749, 1760, 1765, 1768, 1772–3, 1776, 1787
clerk, 1495–6, 1560
Clerk of the Commissary, 478
Clerk of the Peace, 1495–6
Clerk of the Queen's Privy Council, 562
Clerk of the Registrar, Queen's Lord Commissioner, 400
Clerk of the Rolls, 1495–6
clockmaker, 1456–7
clothier, 427–8, 432, 438
clothmaker, 1437
clothseller, 215
clothworker, 73–4, 82–3, 221, 352, 399, 421, 449–50, 454–5, 468, 567, 580, 633, 797, 809, 938, 947, 988, 1003, 1126, 1147, 1162–3, 1169, 1201, 1238, 1315, 1317, 1404, 1435, 1464, 1466–7, 1539, 1676, 1712
coachmaker, 1623
coachman, 980, 1493
cobbler, 644, 1381, 1383
collarmaker, 786, 1096
comber, 1186
cook, 85, 302, 975, 1111, 1282, 1622, 1628
cooper, 308–9, 354, 563, 669, 957–8
coppersmith, 362, 420, 1535
cordwainer, 363, 392, 395, 459, 1103, 1287, 1546, 1570, 1592, 605, 1640, 1643, 1662, 1693–14, 1698, 1711, 1783
Countess of Darby, 1100
curate, 23, 118, 486, 812–3, 858, 927–8, 1084, 1242, 1280, 1508–9, 1585
currier, 796, 1165–6
cutler, 394, 480, 497, 528, 1023, 1067, 1080, 1093, 1099, 1110
cutter, 1304, 1327, 1564–5
D.
Descendant, 1293
distiller, 1145–6, 1355, 1371
doctor, 861, 918, 920, 1224, 1226–7; legal, 1318; medical, 211–8
domestic servant, 268, 310, 356–7, 431, 477, 479, 646, 656–7, 701, 761, 1397, 1426, 1462, 1474, 1479, 1710, 1734–5, 1747
domestic serving maid, 562, 1435, 1473, 1488
draper, 478, 719, 771, 854–5, 874, 946, 1049, 1130, 1150, 1228, 1645
drawer, 192
drayman, 1092, 1709
drover, 738
dyer, 795, 864, 930–1, 1468
E.
Earl of Lincoln, 1057
Earl of Worcester, 1525
elder, 999, 1084
embroiderer, 805, 984, 987, 1001, 1702
Esquire, 152, 414, 469, 487, 598, 609, 704, 729, 743–4, 759, 761, 1107, 1113, 1241, 1312
F.
Farmer, 33, 89–92, 99, 108–10, 131, 147, 180, 183, 198–9, 208–9, 247, 253, 312–3, 416, 491, 526, 756, 862, 998, 1198, 1205, 1417, 1419, 1430, 1498–9, 1511–2, 1544, 1561, 1609, 1612, 1614, 1616, 1618, 1657, 1679
farrier, 286, 458, 1098, 1193–7, 1518, 1521, 1573, 1594
feltmaker, 819, 908, 1324, 1391, 1699–1700, 1719
fisherman, 845
fishmonger, 60–1, 453, 1060, 1176–7, 1263, 1332, 1353
fletcher, 447, 539, 541
footsoldier, 1525
founder, 596, 890, 1626, 1781; letter founder, 315, 322; metal founder, 612
Freemason, 1660
fruiterer, 610–1
fustianweaver, 1366
G.
Gardener, 58–9, 869, 1479, 1701
Gentleman, 29, 31, 51, 63, 102–3, 105, 111–6, 134, 138, 151, 169, 175, 181, 216, 257, 278, 280–2, 293, 313, 330, 333, 337, 342, 348, 350–1, 400, 411, 452, 477, 488, 494–5, 504–5, 513, 566, 625, 627–8, 654, 692, 697, 700, 703, 705, 719, 724, 730–1, 741–2, 750, 754, 760, 767, 770, 788, 840, 844, 880, 888, 901, 916, 923, 1006, 1019, 1022, 1033, 1036, 1043, 1053, 1058–9, 1061, 1094, 1101, 1183, 1220, 1262, 1305, 1313, 1353, 1355, 1358–9, 1367, 1495–6, 1498–9, 1507, 1566–7, 1671–4, 1679, 1682–3, 1690, 1705, 1742, 1753, 1756, 1771
girdler, 393, 591, 642, 775–6, 887, 910, 1504, 1513, 1600
glazier, 386, 398, 419, 440, 1202–3, 1253, 1255, 1335, 1342
glover, 1361, 1423, 1692
goldsmith, 213, 323, 353, 1021, 1405, 1556–7, 1659
graver, 1083
grocer, 347, 872, 897, 899, 948, 1035, 1188, 1190, 1232, 1264, 1425
Guardians of the Lawsuit, 1293, 1368–9
H.
Haberdasher, 110, 195, 297, 405, 445, 467, 474–5, 549, 574, 691, 716, 727, 741–2, 763, 857, 865, 867, 895, 914, 962–3, 979, 986, 994, 1204, 1209, 1252, 1309, 1333, 1336, 1455, 1517, 1533, 1536, 1638, 1726
handlemaker, 826
hatbandmaker, 307
hosier, 299, 772, 774, 801, 820
Hospital custodian, 808
hospitaller, 262
housekeeper, 1057
husband, 24–7, 122, 235, 487–93, 1025–6, 1057, 1068–72, 1102, 1113, 1298, 1546–9, 1669
husbandman, 1–2, 15–6, 19–22, 35–7, 42–3, 47–8, 98, 104, 115–6, 140, 223, 230, 250, 254, 291–2, 345, 374–7, 380–2, 439, 451, 464, 502, 533, 538, 540, 577, 604, 615–6, 695, 735, 737, 920, 953, 1009, 1011, 1075–8, 1352, 1358, 1574, 1577, 1609, 1612, 1728, 1744
I.
Informer in the Exchequer, 1655
innholder, 726, 932, 1149
innkeeper, 1418
ironmonger, 707
J.
Joiner, 189, 191, 401, 412, 485, 512, 588, 631, 789, 791, 1304, 1327, 1338, 1450, 1475, 1564–5, 1627, 1649, 1688, 1703
K.
Knight, 268–9, 330, 1241–3, 1262, 1266, 1560, 1659
Knight Marshall Man, 1424
Knight of the Court Rolls, 1206
knitter, 45–6, 194, 1521, 1584, 1759
L.
Labourer, 145, 177, 564, 717, 1066, 1095, 1109, 1192, 1218, 1250, 1254, 1272, 1323, 1326, 1454, 1595, 1598, 1745, 1759
labouringman, 13–4, 312, 556, 576, 578, 904–5
Lady, 1100, 1241–3, 1262, 1266, 1561
laundress, 1203, 1342, 1529
lawyer (by profession towards the Common Law), 133
leatherdresser, 1140, 1547
leatherseller, 360, 408, 659
letter founder, see founder
lighterman, 1311
linendraper, 977, 1654
linenweaver, 1593
litterman, 1396–7
locksmith, 956
Lord, 479, 656, 1525
Lord Chamberlain, 29
Lord Governor, 162
lorimer, 30, 1718
M.
Maiden, 106, 152, 244, 280–2, 364, 409, 487, 532, 817, 955, 981, 1092, 1138, 1178–9, 1260, 1268, 1384, 1458, 1479, 1510, 1521, 1566–7, 1633, 1708
maltmaker, 388
maltman, 816
man, 240, 397–8, 401–4, 547, 651, 732, 988
mapmaker, 1576
mariner, 663, 686–8, 1091, 1141–4
marshman, 696
Master, 29, 67, 85, 118, 127, 132, 162, 169, 228, 258, 294, 310, 313, 351–7, 368, 374–7, 380–2, 400, 417–9, 431, 462–5, 471, 499, 521, 562, 667, 707, 729, 750, 761, 808, 813, 849, 861, 918, 920, 931, 941, 953–4, 964–9, 989–91, 995, 999, 1075–8, 1224, 1226–7, 1258, 1343–8, 1409, 1442, 1462, 1495–6, 1540, 1560, 1566–7, 1588–9, 1729, 1743, 1772
Master of Arts, 736, 999, 1084, 1406
mealman, 224; oatmealman, 1056
medical doctor, see doctor, medical
mercer, 77, 572, 850, 949, 977, 1550
merchant, 211–2, 214, 217, 589, 666, 1403, 1488, 1545, 1621
Merchant Taylor, 243, 267, 305, 321, 332, 385, 396, 413, 436–7, 516, 535, 643, 711, 753, 762, 806, 815, 866, 873, 1062, 1133, 1139, 1210, 1214, 1230, 1251, 1256, 1269, 1275, 1288, 1368, 1701
metal founder, see founder
midwife, 56–7, 173, 518, 1081, 1111, 1725
milliner, 1471
millwright, 1620
minister, 859
mistress, 751
moneyer, 871
musician, 326, 483, 1476–7, 1504, 1513, 1602, 1625, 1782
N.
Nailsmith, 1481–5
Notary Public, 508, 913, 924, 933
nurse: dry nurse, 220; keeps children, 1399; keeps sick folk, 45, 286; keeps women when they lie in childbed, 1586
O.
Oatmealman, 1056; see also mealman
P.
Painter-Stainer, 595, 1121
parchmentmaker, 882
parish clerk, 482, 605, 836, 846, 1085, 1243, 1348, 1411
parish warden, 1693
paviour, 1215, 1277
pewterer, 75, 645, 804, 1037
plaisterer, 176, 773, 1478, 1631
plumber, 87, 1278
porter, 684, 822–3, 1257, 1290, 1367, 1486, 1561
poulterer, 220, 511, 1069
Prince of Wales, 1525
printer, 1453
proctor, 310
Proctor General, Court of Arches, 628
Professor of Sacred Theology, 264, 519, 904–6, 915, 1031, 1104
R.
Rector, 2, 4–6, 8, 10, 16, 22, 44, 75–7, 112, 188, 201–2, 204, 225, 259–60, 274, 277, 287, 294, 337–8, 342, 347–9, 462–4, 506, 585, 675–6, 690, 715, 745–6, 915, 1331, 1461–2, 1470, 1639
reedcutter, 966
Ruler of the Waterbearers, 591
S.
Saddler, 689, 1052, 1131, 1223, 1727
sailor, 320, 361, 568, 623–4, 834, 842–3, 870, 1400–1, 1551, 1555, 1658, 1732–3, 1738–9
salter, 1148, 1286, 1294, 1301, 1306, 1328, 1360, 1427
sawyer, 1010, 1218, 1254
scabbardmaker, 1386
schoolmaster, 139, 736, 968–9, 1407, 1683
scriptor, 922, 934, 992, 1274
scrivener, 713, 745, 803, 898, 1369
sealmaker, 1365
seamstress, 1486; keeps a seamstress' shop, 1513; makes her living with her needle, 1399, 1520; sews, 194, 1521; sewster, 193
Sergeant of Arms, Exchequer, 1538
servant, 29, 84, 108, 176, 244, 269, 280, 313, 330, 340, 364, 367, 400, 414, 499, 521, 581, 657, 667, 697, 707, 729, 774, 790, 798, 821, 832, 834, 931, 933, 946, 958, 977, 1000, 1089, 1100, 1112, 1130, 1193–7, 1223, 1260, 1286, 1301, 1311, 1314, 1316, 1525, 1530, 1566–7, 1731, 1738–9, 1743; see also domestic servant
servant to the Lord Chamberlain, 29, 51
serving maid, 85–6, 296, 579, 750–1, 818, 891, 975–6, 982, 1118, 1159, 1165, 1172, 1180–1, 1189, 1210, 1256, 1320, 1662; see also domestic serving maid
sexton, 144, 550
shoemaker, 555, 561, 749, 951, 1012, 1034, 1050, 1212, 1250, 1271–2, 1281, 1582
silkman, 1320
silkthrower, 1644
silkweaver, 583, 798, 875, 1081, 1122, 1160, 1180–1, 1412–3, 1415–6, 1652, 1655, 1746
silkwinder, 1702
Sir, 201–2, 204, 225, 268–9, 330, 414, 1206, 1241–3, 1262, 1266, 1560, 1659
skinner, 461, 952, 959, 1042, 1044, 1757
soldier, 950; footsoldier, 1525
spinner, 45–6, 448, 1521
spurrier, 1641–2
stationer, 587, 670, 1079, 1112, 1115, 1118–9, 1267, 1630
stepmother, 646
surgeon, 263, 1105, 1661, 1724; see also barber
T.
Tailor, 17–8, 26, 52–5, 178, 285, 306, 349, 389, 429–30, 472–3, 476, 493, 554, 559–60, 613, 618, 702, 710, 807, 824–5, 827, 829– 33, 863, 879, 937, 996, 1014–5, 1038, 1082, 1245–6, 1325, 1382, 1393, 1424, 1429, 1438, 1442, 1520, 1524, 1563, 1678; see also Merchant Taylor
tallowchandler, 799, 1408, 1516
tanner, 160, 252, 1025, 1526, 1595, 1619
thatcher, 1608, 1611
tilestriker, 1528
tinker, 849
translator, 1434, 1436, 1439–40
turner, 397, 403–4, 484, 496, 529, 811–2, 1463, 1534
U.
Upholsterer, 569, 667, 851
V.
Vicar, 3–4, 11–2, 67, 95–6, 119–20, 127, 140–3, 156–9, 422, 432, 434, 470, 507, 519, 647–50, 652–3, 766, 1005, 1031, 1154, 1173, 1285, 1358–9, 1431, 1588, 1596
victualler, 963, 973, 1248, 1316, 1523, 1624, 1640
vintner, 877–8, 1086, 1489, 1606
W.
Washerwoman, 194, 448, 960, 981, 1602, 1642
waterbearer, 597, 747–8, 892–3, 974; Ruler of the Waterbearers, 591
waterman, 261, 929, 1339–40, 1554, 1584, 1736–7
weaver, 372, 417, 425–6, 492, 503, 793, 940, 1088–9, 1153, 1185, 1249, 1273, 1494, 1624, 1665–6, 1668, 1677
wheelwright, 1007
white baker, see baker
widow, 25, 45–6, 86, 180, 193–4, 219, 222–4, 231, 237, 241, 256, 271, 280–2, 284, 296, 327, 331, 339–41, 358–9, 371, 433, 447–8, 465, 490, 518, 546, 565, 636–8, 640, 646, 658, 700, 712, 765, 772, 774, 784–5, 853, 856, 917, 954, 960, 995, 1026, 1032, 1070, 1090, 1134, 1137, 1155, 1167, 1184, 1191, 1213, 1217, 1262, 1270, 1303, 1334, 1364, 1370, 1397, 1414, 1428, 1472, 1480, 1492, 1540, 1548–9, 1552, 1601, 1610, 1637, 1670, 1673–4, 1715–6, 1752
wife, 64–5, 147–52, 167–8, 171, 176–9, 243–4, 262–3, 308–9, 378–9, 391, 436–7, 444–6, 467–8, 471–3, 495, 572–3, 620, 637–40, 651, 670–1, 741–2, 770, 842–3, 890–3, 909–10, 921, 925, 927–9, 937–8, 956–8, 1000–1, 1009–10, 1013, 1038, 1097–8, 1116–7, 1121–2, 1124, 1128, 1159–60, 1165–6, 1169–70, 1192, 1201–4, 1208, 1232, 1242–3, 1245–7, 1251, 1254, 1257, 1263–4, 1289–90, 1292, 1301, 1303–4, 1309, 1315–7, 1321–6, 1337, 1407–8, 1422, 1443–5, 1465–8, 1526–8, 1598–9, 1607–9, 1618–20, 1622–3, 1628, 1633, 1653, 1686, 1692–4, 1698, 1701–2, 1770, 1781–3
woman, 240, 401–4, 547, 988, 1003
women, miscellaneous occupations: does household business, 1521; dry nurse, 220; helps her husband in his shop, 1642; keeps children, 1399; keeps sick folk, 45, 286; keeps women when they lie in childbed, 1586; mends stockings, 1701; scours, 960; starches, 981; washerwoman, 194, 448, 960, 981, 1602, 1642
woodmaker, 157, 159
woodmonger, 912, 1310, 1390
woollen draper, 768, 800
woolman, 1068
worsted comber, 1398
Y.
Yeoman, 9–10, 32, 34, 38–40, 81, 96, 113–4, 135, 249, 335, 368, 383–4, 387, 402, 462–3, 466, 515, 524, 534, 548, 551, 557, 584, 592–3, 647–50, 655, 682–3, 693–4, 698–9, 709, 725, 733–4, 779–80, 808, 881, 900, 903, 906, 911, 918, 935–6, 961, 964–5, 989–91, 1028–9, 1057, 1063–5, 1072, 1174–5, 1206, 1221, 1237, 1265, 1321, 1343, 1350–1, 1392, 1462, 1490–1, 1519, 1532, 1537, 1578–81, 1615, 1629, 1729, 1740–1, 1750, 1754–5, 1758