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Trade.		Description.	Numbers.
16.	Farrier	Ferator, ferur	2.
17.	Carpenter		2.
18.	Tanner	Tannator	2.
19.	Fisher	Piscator	2.
20.	Butcher	Carnifex	2.
21.	Hosier	Hoser	2.
22.	Shoemaker	Corvisor, sutor	2.
23.	Tavernkeeper	Belhoste	1.
24.	Tailor		1.
25.	Turner		1.
26.	Porter		1.
27.	Leech	Medicus	1.
28.	Corder		1.
29.	Grassmonger	Gressemonger	1.
30.	Girdlemaker	Seinter	1.
31.	Potter		1.
32.	Ostler	Stabler	1.
33.	Granger		1.
34.	Woolpacker	Packere	1.
35.	Woolcomber	Combere	1.
36.	Cloth-binder	Liur de dras	1.
37.	Cloth-driver[1]	Pannebetere	1.
38.	Clothdubber	Dubbere	1.
39.	Confectioner	Flauner	1.
40	Palmer		1.
41.	Mason	Macun	1.
42.	Painter	Pinctor	1.
43.	Plumber	Plummer	1.
44.	Hospital Attendant	Spitelman	1.
45.	Serjeant	Servians	1.
46.	Chancellor	Cancellarius[2]	1.
47.	Preacher		1.
48.	Clerk	Clericus	1.
49.	Maltmonger		1.
50.	Mustarder		1.
51.	Groom, or Squire	Daunsel	1.
52.		Hallknave	1.
53.		Vilein	1.

It will be noticed that the Bakers' trade was more fully represented than any other. No other trade, indeed, was quite so essential to the community; none was so jealously watched nor so stringently governed; and therefore, in order to learn how the Guild Merchant dealt with mediaeval trade, and how the Leicester Occupations were regulated, it may be well to gather some information about this ancient and life-giving fraternity.

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1. Miss Bateson has panbeater, or Tinker, but a derivation from pannus, cloth, seems more probable.
2. Doering suggests that some names, of which this is one, may be nicknames. This man, however, appears elsewhere as "del canc" i.e. of the Chancery."

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