| EALDORMAN | An official of the shire courts who acted as the King's deputy taking payment from the profits of the court |
| EARER | ploughman |
| EARTH STOPPER | one who plugs up animal holes |
| EBONITE TURNER | one who worked with ebonite or vulcanite, making combs or ornaments etc |
| EGG FACTOR | egg or poultry dealer |
| EGGLER | egg or poultry dealer |
| ELEPHANTS TEETH DEALER | who dealt in ivory ornaments etc |
| ELLERMAN | who sold oil used for lamps and known as an oilman |
| ELLIMAN | who sold oil used for lamps and known as an oilman |
| ELYMAKER | oil-maker |
| EMBOSSER | who moulded or carved designs that were raised above the surface of the material |
| EMPRESARIO | land broker, settlement scheme promoter, showman |
| ENGINEMAN | employed at a mine to be in charge of the machinery used to crush the ore |
| ENGINE TENTER | who operated the machine which stretched the cloth whilst drying in a woollen mill |
| ENSIGN | commissioned officer in the navy |
| ENUMERATOR | who collected the information for the census from the householder and recorded it |
| EQUERRY | officer of the royal household usually responsible for the royal horses |
| EREMITE | hermit |
| ERITE | heretic |
| ESQUIRE | one who attended a knight, which later became a title for a man of standing in society |
| ESTAFETTE | mounted courier |
| EWAR | Water-man |
| EWE HERD | shepherd |
| EXCHEQUER | revenue collector |
| EXCISEMAN | excise tax collector |
| EXPRESSMAN | person employed in the express business |
| EYER | one who made eyes in needles used for sewing. Sometimes called a Holer |
