OCCUPATIONS :C
| CADDIE | messenger or errand boy |
| CADDY BUTCHER | butcher that dealt in horse meat |
| CADGER | beggar |
| CAFENDER | carpenter |
| CAFFLER | rag and bone collector |
| CAINER | made walking sticks |
| CAIRD | another term for a tinker |
| CALCINER | burnt bones to make powdered lime |
| CALENDER | one who listed documents |
| CALENDERER | operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender) used to press and finish fabrics or paper |
| CALENDERMAN | operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender) used to press and finish fabrics or paper |
| CALENDER WORKER | operated a machine which pressed using two large rollers (calender) used to press and finish fabrics or paper |
| CALICO PRINTER | dyed and coloured calico |
| CAMBIST | banker |
| CAMBRIC MAKER | made a fine linen or cotton fabric called cambric |
| CAMERIST | lady's maid |
| CAMISTER | minister of the cloth |
| CAMLET MERCHANT | seller of camlet, cloth used to make cloaks & petticoats |
| CANCELLARIUS | chancellor |
| CANDLE MAKER | who made and sold candles |
| CANDLER | who made and sold candles |
| CANDY MAN | travelling candy salesman and also slang name for a bailiff |
| CANER | one who made the seats for chairs out of woven cane |
| CANNALLER | canal boat worker |
| CANTER | religious speaker who uses cant |
| CANTING CALLER | auctioneer |
| CANVASER | one who made canvas |
| CAPER | cap maker |
| CAPILLAIRE MAKER | one who made orange flavoured syrup |
| CAPITALIST | investor |
| CAP MAKER | made caps usually worn by the working class |
| CAPPER | made caps usually worn by the working class |
| CAPTAIN | in charge of a ship or a group of soldiers and also term for an overseer |
| CARDER | cards wool |
| CARDMAKER | maker of cards or instruments for combing wool |
| CARD NAILER | maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding machine used for preparing wool and cotton for weaving |
| CARD NAILORA | maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding machine used for preparing wool and cotton for weaving |
| CARDROOMER | term for anyone who worked in the carding room of the mills |
| CARMAN | one who drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| CARNIFEX | butcher |
| CARPENTARIUS | carpenter |
| CARRIER | one who drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| CARTER | one who carries or conveys in or as if in a cart |
| CARTER | one who drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| CARTOGRAPHER | map maker |
| CARTOMANCER | fortune teller who used cards |
| CART WHEELER | one who made cart wheels |
| CARTWRIGHT | maker of carts & wagons |
| CASHMARIE | one who sold fish usually at inland markets |
| CASTER | made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar etc |
| CASTORA | made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar etc |
| CASTRATOR | Person who castrated farm animals aka gelder |
| CATAGMAN | cottager |
| CATCHPOLE | sheriff's assistant or bailiff |
| CATCHPOLLA | sheriff's assistant or bailiff |
| CATECHISTA | teacher of religion |
| CATTLE JOBBER | buys and sells cattle |
| CAULKER | filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seams to make them watertight |
| CEAPMAN | dealer or peddler of goods usually itinerant going from village to village. |
| CEILER | puts up the ceilings in buildings |
| CELLARMAN | looked after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses or the warehouse |
| CEMMER | hand combed the yarn before weaving |
| CHAFF CUTTER | made chaff by cutting straw |
| CHAFFERER | dealer in chaff |
| CHAIR BODGER | travelling chair repairman |
| CHAIR BOTTOMER | one who made the seats for chairs out of woven cane |
| CHAISE MAKER | made carts from wicker |
| CHALONER | dealer in shalloon, a material made in Chalons |
| CHAMBERLAIN | steward to either royalty or nobility, in charge of the household |
| CHAMBERMAID | female servant attending to bedrooms in houses or inns |
| CHAMBER MASTER | shoemaker that worked from home as an out-worker or selling direct |
| CHANDLER | candle seller, grocer, provisioner, usually associated with provisioning ships |
| CHANTY MAN | sailor who led singing of sea shanties in order to keep time |
| CHAPELER | made and sold hats |
| CHAPMAN | dealer or peddler of goods usually itinerant going from village to village. |
| CHARCOAL BURNER | made charcoal usually in the woods where the trees were cut |
| CHARMAN | one who drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| CHARTMASTER | middleman that negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labour |
| CHARWOMAN | cleaning woman |
| CHATELAINE | mistress of a castle or house |
| CHAUNTER | street entertainer who sung ballads |
| CHEESE FACTOR | dealer in cheeses |
| CHEESEMAN | dealer in cheeses |
| CHEESE MONGER | dealer in cheeses |
| CHIFFONIER | wig maker or rag-picker |
| CHILDBED LINEN WAREHOUSE DEALER | hired bed linen for childbirth as most children were born at home |
| CHILDBED LINEN WAREHOUSE KEEPER | hired bed linen for childbirth as most children were born at home |
| CHIMNEY SWEEP | chimney cleaner |
| CHINGLOR | roof tiler who used wooden shingles |
| CHIP | Ship-wright or carpenter |
| CHIPPERS LABOURER | assistant to a ship-wright or ships carpenter |
| CHIROPODIST | treats diseases of the feet & hands |
| CHIRUGION | apothecary or surgeon (usually learned by apprenticeship) |
| CHIRURGEON | apothecary or surgeon (usually learned by apprenticeship) |
| CHOWDER | fish monger |
| CHRONOLOGIST | recorded official events of historical importance |
| CINDER WENCH | female who collected the cinders from gas works and sold them door to door |
| CISSOR | tailor |
| CLAKER | magician/astrologer |
| CLAPMAN | town crier |
| CLARK | clerk |
| CLASSMAN | unemployed labourer |
| CLAVIGER | servant |
| CLAY CARRIER | assistant to the shot firer in the pits |
| CLAYMAN | worked in the clay pits usually preparing the clay for making bricks and also one who coated the outside of buildings with clay to make them water proof |
| CLERICUS | clerk |
| CLERK | clergyman or cleric |
| CLEYMAN | worked in the clay pits usually preparing the clay for making bricks and also one who coated the outside of buildings with clay to make them water proof |
| CLICKER | worked in the shoe trade cutting out the uppers made the shoelace holes and one in charge of the final stage of layout before printing in printing industry |
| CLIPPER | attached the coal carts to the wire or rope which was used to drag the carts to and from the coal face |
| CLIPPER OFF | attached the coal carts to the wire or rope which was used to drag the carts to and from the coal face |
| CLIPPER ON | attached the coal carts to the wire or rope which was used to drag the carts to and from the coal face |
| CLOD HOPPER | ploughman |
| CLOGGER | maker of wooden shoes |
| CLOTHESMAN | who made or sold clothes |
| CLOTHIER | who made or sold clothes |
| CLOTH LAPPER | took the cloth from the carding machine readied it for the next process |
| CLOTH LINTER | removed unwanted threads and lint from the finished material |
| CLOTHMAN | who made or sold clothes |
| CLOTH PICKER | removed unwanted threads and lint from the finished material |
| CLOUTER | made nails also another term for a shoemaker for the former term |
| CLOWER | made nails also another term for a shoemaker for the former term |
| COACH DRIVER | drove any coach |
| COACHMAN | drove any coach |
| COAL BACKER | carried the sacks of coal from the coal barge to the coal wagons |
| COAL BURNER | made charcoal |
| COAL DRAWER | worked in the mines pushing or dragging the coal carts the the bottom of the pit |
| COAL HEAVER | unloaded coal |
| COAL HIGGLER | sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house. |
| COALMAN | sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house. |
| COAL MERCHANT | sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house. |
| COALMETER | measured the coal |
| COAL RUNNER | attended the coal carts underground |
| COAL WHIPPER | unloaded coal from ships using baskets attached to a simple form of crane |
| COAST SURVEYOR | customs officer who watched over the offloading of goods on the coast |
| COAST WAITER | customs officer who watched over the offloading of goods on the coast |
| COBBLER | shoemaker |
| COBLEMAN | used a flat bottomed boat for fishing |
| COCUS | cook |
| COD PLACER | put fire proof containers which held the pottery for firing into the kiln |
| COHEN | a priest |
| COINER | worked at the mint stamping out coins |
| COLLAR MAKER | made horse collars and one who made shirt collars |
| COLLIER | coal miner, a coal merchant or one who worked on the coal barges |
| COLONUS | Latin for farmer or husbandman |
| COLOURATOR | worked with dyes |
| COLOURATORA | worked with dyes |
| COLOUR MAN | mixed the dyes in the textile trade and also assistant to a house painter |
| COLPORTEUR | travelling Bible or religious book salesman |
| COMBER | combs wool |
| COMBERE | combs wool |
| COMB MAKER | made combs either for the textile industry for combing wool etc. or the maker of hair combs |
| COMPOSITOR | set the type ready for printing |
| CONDER | gave steering instructions to the steersman and also gave directions to inshore fisherman of fish movements on shoals (usually from the top of cliffs or rocks) |
| CONEY CATCHER | rabbit catcher |
| CONFECTIONER | candy maker |
| CONNER | inspector or tester |
| CONNER | gave steering instructions to the steersman and also gave directions to inshore fisherman of fish movements on shoals (usually from the top of cliffs or rocks) |
| COOPER | maker of barrels |
| COPEMAN | dealer in goods |
| COPEMAN | dealer or peddler of goods usually itinerant going from village to village. |
| COPER | dishonest dealer in horses |
| COPPERBEATER | coppersmith |
| COPPERBETER | coppersmith |
| COPPERSMITH | worked with copper |
| CORACLE MAKER | made coracles, a small round boat used for fishing |
| CORDINER | originally term used for one who worked with Cordovan (a special leather from Spain) but later term used for shoemaker |
| CORDWAINER | originally term used for one who worked with Cordovan (a special leather from Spain) but later term used for shoemaker |
| CORRETIER | horse dealer |
| CORVINER | originally term used for one who worked with Cordovan (a special leather from Spain) but later term used for shoemaker |
| CORVISOR | originally term used for one who worked with Cordovan (a special leather from Spain) but later term used for shoemaker |
| COSTERMONGER | fruit seller |
| COSTER WIFE | female fruit seller |
| COTILER | cutler |
| COUPER | one who buys & sells |
| COUPLE BEGGAR | travelling priest who performed marriages |
| COURANTEER | journalist |
| COWHERD | cow tender |
| COWKEEPER | one who kept one or more cows (a common source of livelihood in cities) when a cow was kept in the back yard of a house, providing milk which was sold at the front door or window, forerunner of the local dairy |
| COW LEECH | veterinary practitioner |
| COXWAIN | ship or boat helmsman |
| CRATCH MAKER | made cratches (mangers, cribs, or frames) for hay |
| CRIER | law court officer, auctioneer, town announcer |
| CRIMPER | member of navy press gang |
| CROFTER | tenant of a small piece of land |
| CROPPER | tenant who is paid with a share of the crop |
| CROWNER | coroner |
| CUHREUR | currier |
| CUNREUR | currier |
| CUPER | maker of barrels |
| CURER | cures tobacco |
| CURRETTER | broker |
| CURRIER | cures or tans hides |
| CUSTOMER | customs tax collector |
| CUSTOS | guardian or warder |
| CUTLER | knife seller or sharpener |
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