Medieval And Obsolete Professions: T to U
Tabernarius - Taverner, Innkeeper.
Tanner - one who tans (cures) animal hide into leather.
Tannator - Tanner.
Taper - candlewick maker or seller.
Tapley - one who puts the tap in an ale
cask.
Tapster - a barman; a person employed to serve beer.
Tasker – reaper.
Tawer - one who taws (makes hide into leather without the use of tanning).
Teamster - one who drives a team (horses or oxen) for hauling .
Teinter - Dyer.
Textor - weaver
Thatcher - roofer; specifically thatch roofs
Tide waiter - customs inspector
Tinctor - Dyer or possibly a painter.
Tinker - an itinerant mender and seller of kettles, tin pots and pans
Tipstaff - policeman
Travers - toll bridge collector
Tucker - cleaner of cloth goods
Turner - one who turns wood on a lathe into spindles
Ulnager - a person appointed to examine woolen goods for quality
Upholder - 1) upholsterer; 2) an auctioneer's assistant; 3) cheapjack; 4) seller of secondhand goods.
Upright worker - chimney sweep
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