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Workman
Maker of laces (cords)
Weaver of laces (cords)
Woman of gentle birth or title of woman married to nobleman
One who arranges women's hair and sells perfume
Woman of gentle birth or title of woman married to nobleman
Landowner, landlord, chief
Workman
One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration
One who estimates or measures area of land
Workman
Workman
One who estimates or measures area of land
One who looks after the lands of an estate
One who estimates or measures area of land
One who estimates or measures area of land
Customs officer, who oversaw the landing of goods
Customs officer, who oversaw the landing of goods
Worked in textile finishing, folding or doubling the cloth repeatedly upon itself ready for packing
Maker of lasts (for shoemaking)
Person who splits wood into laths
Legitimate daughter/son
Salmon fisherman
One who cuts leather into required shapes
One who buys and sells leather
One who prepares leather
Teacher in a university
Teacher in a university
A person responsible for the upkeep of a particular stretch of railway or road
One who oversees the delivery of letters
Bookseller
Librarian, one who looks after a library
One licensed to practise law
Second rank of commissioned army officer, or officer in navy
Senior commissioned rank in army, as colonel
Senior commissioned rank in army, junior to major-general
Deputy to one in charge (eg of jail, castle, etc.)
Second rank of commissioned army officer, or officer in navy
Senior commissioned rank in army, as colonel
Senior commissioned rank in army, junior to major-general
One who has a liferent (right to receive revenue during life from property etc., but not to dispose of the capital)
Person who has a liferent (right to receive revenue during his lifetime from property etc. But not to dispose of the property itself)
A boatman, operator of a lighter in a harbour
One who buys and sells lime for use in paint or agriculture
Portrait painter
One who paints or draws others
One who sells linen
One who prints patterns on linen
One who makes linen
One who prints patterns on linen
One who prints patterns on linen
Flax-dresser
Flax-dresser
One who prepares flax for working
Maker of spinning wheels for flax
One who makes and fits wheels
Dyer
Dyer
Dyer
One who dyes cloth and prepares dyes
A hangman
One who makes and tends locks and keys
Title of noble rank or of senior judge or administrator
Title of noble rank or of senior judge or administrator
One who keeps a register, of births, marriages, deaths, deeds, etc.
Almoner
Chief officer of arms of Scotland?
Chief officer of arms of Scotland?
Chairman of a town or burgh council and chief magistrate of
Maker of metal horse harness parts
A maker of metal horse harness parts
Boy
Worker with lime for use in paint or agriculture
Worker with lime for use in paint or agriculture
Chief officer of arms of Scotland?