Articles > Names Bynames Found in the 1296 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Rutland, England (occupational names)
by Karen Larsdatter (Karen Harris)
Occupational bynames appear in both Latin and English forms. They are listed below in order by occupation. Note that the article "le" is used for men's names and for women's names.
baker |
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hunter |
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Pistor |
3 |
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|
venator |
1 |
|
pistor |
1 |
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latten-worker |
barber | |
|
le Laduner |
1 |
| Cissor | 5 |
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marshal |
| cissor | 1 |
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Marescall' |
2 |
beadle (court messenger) | |
|
Mareschall |
1 |
| le Bedel | 1 |
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mercer (seller of cloth and/or dry goods) |
bondsman | |
|
le mercer |
3 |
| Bonde | 8 |
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merchant |
| le Bonde | 2 |
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|
Mercator |
1 |
| Bond' | 2 |
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|
mercator |
1 |
| bonde | 2 |
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milkmaid |
butcher | |
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Deye |
1 |
| Carnifex | 1 |
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|
le deye |
1 |
carpenter | |
miller |
| Carpentarius | 11 |
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|
molendinarius |
9 |
| carpentarius | 3 |
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|
Molendinarius |
3 |
| le Carpent[er] | 1 |
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|
mol[endinarius] |
1 |
| le Carpenter | 1 |
|
monk |
| le carpenter' | 1 |
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monacus |
1 |
carter | |
parson |
| Carectarius | 1 |
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|
Parson |
2 |
| le Kartere | 1 |
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|
parson de Aston' |
1 |
chaplain | |
pilgrim |
| Capellanus | 9 |
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|
Palmere |
8 |
| Chapeleyn | 2 |
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|
le Palmer |
1 |
| capellanus | 1 |
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|
Palmer |
1 |
chapman (peddler) | |
|
Palmer' |
1 |
| Chapman | 1 |
|
porter |
clergyman | |
|
le porter |
2 |
| clericus | 21 |
|
poulterer (farmer or seller of poultry) |
| Clericus | 4 |
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|
Pulter |
1 |
| clericus de Morkote | 1 |
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provost (of a manor, church, or piece of land) |
cook | |
|
prepositus |
30 |
| Cok | 2 |
|
reaper |
| Koc | 2 |
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|
messor |
1 |
| Kok | 2 |
|
servant |
| Cocus | 1 |
|
|
seruiens parsonis de Preston |
1 |
| cocus | 1 |
|
|
seruiens Willelmi Blound |
1 |
| le Koc | 1 |
|
shepherd |
cooper | |
|
bercarius |
4 |
| le Coupere | 1 |
|
|
bercar' |
1 |
dauber (plasterer? whitewasher?) | |
|
Bercarius |
1 |
| Daubour | 1 |
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|
le bercher |
1 |
dispenser (one who dispenses provisions) | |
smith |
| le Despenser | 1 |
|
|
faber |
20 |
draper (clothmaker) | |
|
Faber |
3 |
| le Draper | 1 |
|
spicer (a dealer in spices; grocer, apothecary) |
falconer | |
|
le Spicer |
1 |
| Facouner | 1 |
|
tailor |
fiddler | |
|
le Taliour |
2 |
| Fithel | 1 |
|
|
le Taylour |
2 |
| Fithel' | 1 |
|
tanner |
forrester | |
|
Tannator |
2 |
| forestarius | 1 |
|
|
Tanator |
1 |
| viridar[ius] | 1 |
|
tiler (one who makes, sells, or installs tiles) |
franklin (non-noble land-owner) | |
|
le Tylere |
1 |
| Fraunk' | 1 |
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|
tegular' |
1 |
| Fraunkeleyn | 1 |
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|
Tegular' |
1 |
| Fraunkeleyn | 1 |
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|
Tilere |
1 |
| Fraunkeleyn | 1 |
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tinker |
| le Fraunk' | 1 |
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|
le Tyngkere |
1 |
free man (one who was free-born, not a serf) | |
viner (one keeps grapevines) |
| Freman | 6 |
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|
le Vinour |
2 |
| le Freman | 2 |
|
vintner (winemaker or wineseller) |
fuller (one who fulls cloth) | |
|
Vinter |
1 |
| le Folour | 1 |
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vicar |
gardener | |
|
vicarius |
1 |
| Gardiner | 1 |
|
weaver |
| le Gardiner | 1 |
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|
le Webistere |
1 |
| le gardiner' | 1 |
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writer |
goldsmith | |
|
scriptor |
1 |
| Aurifaber | 1 |
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guard | | | | |
| le Warde | 3 |
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| le Ward | 1 |
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| Ward | 1 |
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