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Trade. Description. Numbers.
16. Farrier Ferator, ferur 2.
17. Carpenter 2.
18. Tanner Tannator 2.
19. Fisher Piscator 2.
20. Butcher Carnifex 2.
21. Hosier Hoser 2.
22. Shoemaker Corvisor, sutor 2.
23. Tavernkeeper Belhoste 1.
24. Tailor 1.
25. Turner 1.
26. Porter 1.
27. Leech Medicus 1.
28. Corder 1.
29. Grassmonger Gressemonger 1.
30. Girdlemaker Seinter 1.
31. Potter 1.
32. Ostler Stabler 1.
33. Granger 1.
34. Woolpacker Packere 1.
35. Woolcomber Combere 1.
36. Cloth-binder Liur de dras 1.
37. Cloth-driver[1] Pannebetere 1.
38. Clothdubber Dubbere 1.
39. Confectioner Flauner 1.
40 Palmer 1.
41. Mason Macun 1.
42. Painter Pinctor 1.
43. Plumber Plummer 1.
44. Hospital Attendant Spitelman 1.
45. Serjeant Servians 1.
46. Chancellor Cancellarius[2] 1.
47. Preacher 1.
48. Clerk Clericus 1.
49. Maltmonger 1.
50. Mustarder 1.
51. Groom, or Squire Daunsel 1.
52. Hallknave 1.
53. Vilein 1.

It will be noticed that the Bakers' trade was more fully represented than any other. No other trade, indeed, was quite so essential to the community; none was so jealously watched nor so stringently governed; and therefore, in order to learn how the Guild Merchant dealt with mediaeval trade, and how the Leicester Occupations were regulated, it may be well to gather some information about this ancient and life-giving fraternity.


  1. Miss Bateson has panbeater, or Tinker, but a derivation from pannus, cloth, seems more probable.
  2. Doering suggests that some names, of which this is one, may be nicknames. This man, however, appears elsewhere as "del canc" i.e. of the Chancery."

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