Occupations of the Elizabethan Era

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Occupations of the Elizabethan Era

• By Susan Frame

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Occupations

• Occupations during the Elizabethan Era varied
  from selling goods at the marketplace to
  entertaining the queen. Work could be found
  almost anywhere because there was so much to get
  done.
• With advancement in knowledge and technology,
  work over the years has sophisticated.

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Work

• Making and selling goods (clothing, weapons,
  food, etc.)
• Working at the house, castle, and marketplace
• Entertainment (street performers, jester)
• Teaching
• Healing others (doctors)

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Candle makers

• Also known as chandlers
• Make and sell candles
• Since there was no electricity, candle makers
  were important for providing a source of
  light.

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Clothing/Cloth Occupations

• Mercer- sells cloths and silks

• Tailor- makes and repairs clothing
• Spinster- spins yarn
• Weaver- Weaves cloth

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Weaponry

• Fletcher- makes arrows
• Bowyer- makes bows used in archery
• Bladesmith- sword and knife maker
• Blacksmith- make and repair weapons
  and armor

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Shoe Making

• Shoe makers during the Elizabethan Era were known
  as cordwainers or cobblers.
• Shoes were generally made of leather, wood, or
  other plant materials.

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Occupations/Food

• Baker- makes and sells cakes and breads
• Flesher- Butcher
• Monger- Usually a dealer of food (vegetables,
  fruits, meat, eggs, and fish)
• - cheese monger - haymonger
• - costermonger - iron monger
• - garlekmonger

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The help

• It was ordinary to find many servants in
  wealthy families during the Elizabethan period.
  The common name for a household servant was a
  domestic. A household might also have a cook and
  a foot man (servant who runs errands). Tutors
  were also brought in to educate their children.

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Health

• The doctors that a patient might have in the
• Elizabethan era depended on their class and
• how much money they had.
• Elizabethan physician
• Elizabethan surgeons
• Barbers
• Apothocary

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Summary

• The Elizabethan era provided a variety of
  occupations for daily needs and wants. Most of
  them are very similar to our everyday jobs. And
  because of new inventions and discoveries we have
  become more skilled and productive in our lives
  with what we have learned.