Historical Jobs Quiz

Chandler

• Someone who crafted wooden barrels and casks

• A maker of candles and soap

• A person who prepared food for travelers

• A professional wrestler in medieval times

Blacksmith

• A craftsman who worked with metal, especially iron, to create tools, weapons, and other objects

• A maker of wooden furniture

• A doctor specializing in bones and joints

• A shipbuilder

Town Crier

• A person who managed local finances

• A person who rang bells to announce news and proclamations in a town

• A town official who ran legal trials

• A public speaker who entertained at events

Lamplighter

• A person who carried messages across long distances

• Someone who lit street lamps before electric lighting was common

• A person who worked in a bakery

• A craftsman who made wooden signs

Fuller:

• A person who specialized in dyeing fabrics

• Someone who cleaned, thickened, and finished woolen cloth

• A shoe maker

• A jeweler who crafted silverware

Apothecary

• A maker of fine clothes

• A specialist in medicinal herbs and remedies, precursor to modern pharmacists

• A hairdresser for the upper class

• A person who taught philosophy and logic

Cooper

• A craftsman who created barrels, vats, and other wooden containers

• A person who worked with leather for making bags and shoes

• Someone who delivered mail

• A professional musician

Ice Cutter

• A person who sold ice cream

• A person who harvested blocks of ice from frozen lakes for refrigeration before electric fridges

• Someone who made ice sculptures

• A fisherman who used ice to preserve their catch

Scribe

• A professional farmer

• A person who copied documents and manuscripts by hand

• A person who managed construction sites

• A cook in a royal palace

Huntsman

• A person who cared for farm animals

• Someone who managed the royal gardens

• A person who hunted game and protected the land from poachers

• A blacksmith specializing in hunting tools