You get... |
From the... |
Books | Stationer or bookseller |
Cloth | Mercer |
Hats | Milliner or Hatter |
Suit of Clothes | Tailor |
Shirts/Smocks | Seamstress |
Ready made clothes | Draper |
Arrows | Fletcher |
Bows | Bowyer |
Horseshoes | Farrier |
Other iron work | Blacksmith |
Armour | Armourer |
A Portrait | Limner |
Legal Service | Lawyer |
Drugs etc. | Apothecary |
Dentistry | Barber Surgeon |
In the city... |
A Stapler | Buys and sells raw wool; also silk and linen. |
A Draper | Deals in cloth (wholesale), plus some ready-made garments and dry goods. |
A Mercer | Is the cloth retailer: the local fabric store is a mercer's shop. One may be a silk mercer or a wool mercer, for example. |
In your own household, your... |
Man of Business | Is your accountant, looks after your investments |
Steward | Oversees the running of your estates. |
Factor | Does business for you in London, or in another country. |
Nurse | Takes care of infants and young children. |
Wet Nurse | Breast feeds the baby (maybe as long as the first 2 years.) |
Tutor | Educates your children |
More Services and Occupations
Some Workmen's Wages in 1558 |