| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameF.S. |
Term description Female servant |
| NameFactor |
Term description Estate or farm manager |
| NameFalconer |
Term description One who trains and handles falcons and hawks |
| NameFarm servant |
Term description A farm worker contracted to work for a farmer |
| NameFarmer |
Term description One who tends a farm, including livestock and crops |
| NameFarrier |
Term description Horse doctor |
| NameFeltmaker |
Term description One who makes cloth without a loom |
| NameFencible |
Term description Militiaman or volunteer soldier called to fight in a local or regional crisis |
| NameFencing master/fencing-master |
Term description One who teaches fencing and sword-fighting |
| NameFermorar/fermour/fermourer |
Term description One who tends a farm, including livestock and crops |
| NameFerrier |
Term description Horse doctor |
| NameFerryman |
Term description One who operates a ferry across a river or estuary |
| NameFeuar/fewer/fewar |
Term description A person who holds lands in return for payment of feu-duty, a stipulated annual amount in cash or kind |
| NameFiar |
Term description One who holds land in feu |
| NameFidlar |
Term description Fiddler |
| NameFireman |
Term description One who tends a fire, for cooking or other purposes |
| NameFireman in the King's kitchen |
Term description One who tends a fire, for cooking or other purposes |
| NameFischer/fischerman |
Term description One who catches fish to sell |
| NameFisher |
Term description One who catches fish to sell |
| NameFishman |
Term description One who catches fish to sell |
| NameFishmonger |
Term description One who sells fish to the public |
| NameFish-seller |
Term description One who sells fish to the public |
| NameFitter |
Term description One who installs furnishings or machinery |
| NameFlaxdresser |
Term description A person who carries out the early stages of preparing raw fibre (for example Jute and flax) for spinning. Hackle-pins and fluted rollers were used to comb and soften the fibre and, in the case of jute, an emulsion of oil and water (whale oil until the late 19th century) was applied to assist the process. |
| NameFlax-dresser |
Term description One who prepares flax for working |
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