Services and occupations
Apothecary—made and sold drugs
I do remember an apothecary,--
And hereabouts he dwells. (Romeo and Juliet)
Armorer—made and
repaired armor
an old rusty
sword ta'en out of the
town-armory, with a broken hilt.
(The Taming of the Shrew)
Barber/surgeon—performed
dentistry, blood-letting, hair cutting, and sold tobacco
Hath any man seen him at the
barber's? (Much Ado About Nothing)
With
the help of a surgeon he might yet recover, and prove an ass. (A Midsummer
Night's Dream)
Blacksmith—made ironwork
I saw a smith stand with his
hammer, thus,
The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool,
With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news (King John)
Bowyer—bow maker
Chandler—candlemaker
Thou hast saved me a thousand marks in links and
torches, walking with thee in the night betwixt
tavern and tavern: but the sack that thou hast
drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap
at the dearest chandler's in Europe.(Henry IV, part 1)
Cocker—handled the birds at cockfighting
Cooper—barrel maker
Cutler—made knives
About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring
That she did give me, whose posy was
For all the world like cutler's poetry
Upon a knife, 'Love me, and leave me not.' (The Merchant of Venice)
Draper—dealt in
cloth, plus some ready-made garments and dry goods.
Factor—conducted business
for someone in London, or in another country.
Percy is but my factor, good my
lord,
To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf (Henry IV, part 1)
Farrier—manufactured
horseshoes
Fletcher—made arrows
Fowler—supplied game birds for your table
When they him spy,
As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Fuller—cleaned cloth
The
spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers, who,
Unfit for other life, compell'd by hunger
And lack of other means, in desperate manner
Daring the event to the teeth, are all in uproar, (Henry VIII)
Glazier—made glass windows and mirrors
Look
in a glass, and call thy image so (Henry IV, part 2)
Glover—made gloves
Does he not wear a great round
beard, like a
lover's paring-knife? (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Joiner—made furniture
Her chariot is an empty
hazel-nut
Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub. (Romeo and Juliet)
Landlord—man who ran the tavern
it would warm his spirits,
To hear from me you had left Antony,
And put yourself under his shrowd,
The universal landlord. (Antony and Cleopatra)
Lawyer—anyone who handled legal affairs
The first thing we do, let's kill all the
lawyers. (Henry IV, part 2)
Man of
Business—accountant
Mercer—a cloth retailer
Then is there here one Master Caper, at the suit
of
Master Three-pile the mercer, for some four suits of
peach-coloured satin, which now peaches him a beggar (Measure for Measure)
Milliner—a hatter
He was perfumed like a milliner
(Henry IV, part 1)
Nurse—took care of infants and young children and
breast-fed the baby
O, that woman that cannot
make her fault her husband's occasion, let her
never nurse her child herself, for she will breed
it like a fool! (As You Like It)
Ostler—ran the inn (with rooms and stabling as well as
food and drink)
Out, ye rogue! shall I be your ostler?(Henry IV,
part 1)
Saddler—made saddles, bridles, etc.
The saddler had it, sir; I kept it not. (The
Comedy of Errors)
Sawyer—made wooden planks for building
Enter CADE, DICK the Butcher,
SMITH the Weaver, and a sawyer, with infinite numbers (Henry IV,
part 2)
Seamstress—made
shirts and smocks
Stapler—bought and sold raw wool, silk, and linen.
Stationer—a bookseller
Steward—oversaw the running of an estate.
Art any more than a
steward? Dost thou think, because thou art
virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? (Twelfth Night)
Tailor—made suits of clothes
O, I
know him well, I, sir; he, sir, 's a good
workman, a very good tailor. (All's Well That Ends Well)
Tiler—made and installed tile for the roof
Turner—made turned items for table legs, finials, etc
Tutor—educated children
Indeed, I was their tutor to
instruct them. (Titus Andronicus)
Warrener—caught rabbits on your land.
He hath fought with a warrener.
(The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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