| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameCrippell |
Term description One with a physical disability |
| NameCripple |
Term description One with a physical disability |
| NameCrofter |
Term description Person occupying a smallholding. One who holds and works a croft, a small subsistence farm |
| NameCultellar |
Term description Cutlery maker |
| NameCunzeour |
Term description Coiner |
| NameCupper |
Term description Cask or barrel maker |
| NameCurate |
Term description Partly-ordained clergyman in pre-Reformation or Episcopal church |
| NameCurrier |
Term description A person who curries or dresses tanned leather, a tanner of hides |
| NameCurriour |
Term description One who transports goods |
| NameCustomer |
Term description Customs officer |
| NameCustom-house officer |
Term description One working in a custom-house collecting revenue on goods |
| NameCustumer |
Term description Customs officer |
| NameCutlar/cutler |
Term description Cutlery maker |
| NameCod. |
Term description Codicil |
| NameC of M |
Term description Contract of marriage |
| NameC A |
Term description Chartered accountant |
| NameCOMM/COMMTE |
Term description Committee |
| NameCOY/CO |
Term description Company |
| NameCURS |
Term description Curators |
| NameCaution, cautioner |
Term description Security; bail; one who stands surety for another. |
| NameCess |
Term description Land tax |
| NameCessioner |
Term description A person to whom a cession of property is made. |
| NameCessio bonorum |
Term description Surrender of debtor's goods in favour of his creditors. |
| NameCircuit court |
Term description An itinerant court which travels round the country trying criminal cases (in Scotland, this applies to the High Court of Justiciary). |
| NameChalder |
Term description A measure, which varied from place to place and depending on what was being measured. When applied to grain, it was roughly 16 bolls, the boll being around 6 imperial bushels. See our guide on <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>. |
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