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Name Term description
NameP.L.W. Term description

Power-loom weaver

NamePackman Term description

Pedlar, travelling merchant

NamePainter Term description

Artist, maker of portraits

NamePalfurniour Term description

Palfurner, groom, man in charge of horses

NamePanter Term description

Painter

NamePantoun-heilmaker Term description

1. A heel maker for soft shoes or slippers. 2. One who makes separate heels for fitting to shoes

NamePaper stainer Term description

One who colours paper

NamePapermaker Term description

One who makes paper

NameParchment maker Term description

One who prepares skins for use as parchment

NamePark-keeper Term description

One who looks after a park on behalf of its owner

NameParochinar/parochiner Term description

Parishioner

NameParson Term description

Parish clergyman, usually pre-Reformation

NamePasment-weifar Term description

Passement (decorative edging) weaver

NamePassenger Term description

Traveller or possibly a ferryman

NamePastry-cook Term description

One who makes and works with pastry

NamePaticer Term description

One who makes and works with pastry

NamePauper Term description

A person who is destitute, one who is forced to rely on some form of charity or public provision

NamePavier Term description

1. Paver (of streets, pavements, floors etc). 2. One who works on laying and maintaining the surfaces of roads

NamePedagog Term description

Teacher, instructor

NamePedall Term description

Beadle, church officer

NamePeir-weik maker Term description

One who makes wigs and hairpieces for men and women

NamePendicler Term description

The tenant of a pendicle - a small piece of ground forming part of a larger holding or farm, often let out to a sub-tenant

NamePenny-pie-baker Term description

1. One who makes cheap pies for sale on the street. 2. One who bakes bread, cakes or pastries

NamePensioner Term description

One in receipt of an allowance, often from the army or navy

NamePerfumer Term description

One who makes and sells perfumes