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Almoners: ensured the poor received alms.

Atilliator: skilled castle worker who made crossbows.

Baliff: in charge of allotting jobs to the peasants, building repair, and repair of tools used by the peasants.

Barber: someone who cut hair. Also served as dentists, surgeons and blood-letters.

Blacksmith: forged and sharpened tools and weapons, beat out dents in armor, made hinges for doors, and window grills. Also referred to as Smiths.

Bottler: in charge of the buttery or bottlery.

Butler: cared for the cellar and was in charge of large butts and little butts (bottles) of wine and beer. Under him a staff of people might consist of brewers, tapsters, cellarers, dispensers, cupbearers and dapifer.

Carder: someone who brushed cloth during its manufacture.

Carpenter: built flooring, roofing, siege engines, furniture, panelling for rooms, and scaffoling for building.

Carters: workmen who brought wood and stone to the site of a castle under construction.

Castellan: resident owner or person in charge of a castle (custodian).

Chamberlain: responsible for the great chamber and for the personal finances of the castellan.

Chaplain: provided spirtual welfare for laborers and the castle garrison. The duties might also include supervising building operations, clerk, and keeping accounts. He also tended to the chapel.

Clerk: a person who checked material costs, wages, and kept accounts.

Constable: a person who took care (the governor or warden) of a castle in the absence of the owner. This was sometimes bestowed upon a great baron as an honor and some royal castles had hereditary constables.

Cook: roasted, broiled, and baked food in the fireplaces and ovens.

Cottars: the lowest of the peasantry. Worked as swine-herds, prison guards, and did odd jobs.

Ditcher: worker who dug moats, vaults, foundations and mines.

Dyer: someone who dyed cloth in huge heated vats during its manufacture.

Ewerer: worker who brought and heated water for the nobles.

Falconer: highly skilled expert responsible for the care and training of hawks for the sport of falconry.

Fuller: worker who shrinks & thickens cloth fibers through wetting & beating the material.

Glaziers: a person who cut and shaped glass.

Gong Farmer: a latrine pit emptier.

Hayward: someone who tended the hedges.

Herald: knights assistant and an expert advisor on heraldry.

Keeper of the Wardrobe: in charge of the tailors and laundress

Knight: a professional soldier. This was achieved only after long and arduous training which began in infancy.

Laird: minor baron or small landlord.

Marshal: officer in charge of a household's horses, carts, wagons, and containers. His staff included farriers, grooms, carters, smiths and clerks. He also oversaw the transporting of goods.

Master Mason: responsible for the designing and overseeing the building of a structure.

Messengers: servants of the lord who carried receipts, letters, and commodities.

Miner: skilled professional who dug tunnels for the purpose of undermining a castle.

Minstrels: part of of the castle staff who provided entertainment in the form of singing and playing musical instruments.

Porter: took care of the doors (janitor), particularly the main entrance. Responsible for the guardrooms. The person also insured that no one entered or left the castle without permission. Also known as the door-ward.

Reeve: supervised the work on lord's property. He checked that everyone began and stopped work on time, and insured nothing was stolen. Senior officer of a borough.

Sapper: an unskilled person who dug a mine or approach tunnel.

Scullions: responsible for washing and cleaning in the kitchen.

Shearmen: a person who trimmed the cloth during its manufacture.

Shoemaker: a craftsman who made shoes. Known also as Cordwainers.

Spinster: a name given to a woman who earned her living spinning yarn. Later this was expanded and any unmarried woman was called a spinster.

Steward: took care of the estate and domestic administration. Supervised the household and events in the great hall. Also referred to as a Seneschal.

Squire: attained at the age of 14 while training as a knight. He would be assigned to a knight to carry and care for the weapons and horse.

Watchmen: an official at the castle responsible for security. Assited by lookouts (the garrison).

Weaver: someone who cleaned and compacted cloth, in association with the Walker and Fuller.

Woodworkers: tradesmen called Board-hewers who worked in the forest, producing joists and beams.

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+== BR/PR Era ==
-In alphabetical order;
 '''Almoners''': ensured the poor received alms.
-'''Atilliator''': skilled castle worker who made
+'''Atilliator''': skilled castle worker who made crossbows.
+'''Baliff''': in charge of allotting jobs to the peasants, building repair, and repair of tools used by the peasants.
-crossbows.
+'''Barber''': someone who cut hair. Also served as dentists, surgeons and blood-letters.
-'''Baliff''': in charge of allotting jobs to the peasants,
+'''Blacksmith''': forged and sharpened tools and weapons, beat out dents in armor, made hinges for doors, and window grills. Also referred to as Smiths.
-building repair, and repair of tools used by the
+'''Bottler''': in charge of the buttery or bottlery.
-peasants.
+'''Butler''': cared for the cellar and was in charge of large butts and little butts (bottles) of wine and beer. Under him a staff of people might consist of brewers, tapsters, cellarers, dispensers, cupbearers and dapifer.
-'''Barber''': someone who cut hair. Also served as
+'''Carder:''' someone who brushed cloth during its manufacture.
-dentists, surgeons and blood-letters.
+'''Carpenter''': built flooring, roofing, siege engines, furniture, panelling for rooms, and scaffoling for building.
-'''Blacksmith''': forged and sharpened tools and
+'''Carters:''' workmen who brought wood and stone to the site of a castle under construction.
-weapons, beat out dents in armor, made hinges
+'''Castellan:''' resident owner or person in charge of a castle (custodian).
-for doors, and window grills. Also referred to as
+'''Chamberlain:''' responsible for the great chamber and for the personal finances of the castellan.
-Smiths.
+'''Chaplain:''' provided spirtual welfare for laborers and the castle garrison. The duties might also include supervising building operations, clerk, and keeping accounts. He also tended to the chapel.
-'''Bottler''': in charge of the buttery or bottlery.
+'''Clerk:''' a person who checked material costs, wages, and kept accounts.
-Butler: cared for the cellar and was in charge of
+'''Constable:''' a person who took care (the governor or warden) of a castle in the absence of the owner. This was sometimes bestowed upon a great baron as an honor and some royal castles had hereditary constables.
-large butts and little butts (bottles) of wine and
+'''Cook:''' roasted, broiled, and baked food in the fireplaces and ovens.
-beer. Under him a staff of people might consist
+'''Cottars:''' the lowest of the peasantry. Worked as swine-herds, prison guards, and did odd jobs.
-of brewers, tapsters, cellarers, dispensers,
+'''Ditcher:''' worker who dug moats, vaults, foundations and mines.
-cupbearers and dapifer.
-'''Carder:''' someone who brushed cloth during its
+'''Dyer:''' someone who dyed cloth in huge heated vats during its manufacture.
+'''Ewerer:''' worker who brought and heated water for the nobles.
-manufacture.
+'''Falconer:''' highly skilled expert responsible for the care and training of hawks for the sport of falconry.
-'''Carpenter''': built flooring, roofing, siege engines,
+'''Fuller:''' worker who shrinks & thickens cloth fibers through wetting & beating the material.
-furniture, panelling for rooms, and scaffoling for
-building.
-'''Carters:''' workmen who brought wood and stone
-to the site of a castle under construction.
-'''Castellan:''' resident owner or person in charge of
-a castle (custodian).
-'''Chamberlain:''' responsible for the great chamber
-and for the personal finances of the castellan.
-'''Chaplain:''' provided spirtual welfare for laborers
-and the castle garrison. The duties might also
-include supervising building operations, clerk,
-and keeping accounts. He also tended to the
-chapel.
-'''Clerk:''' a person who checked material costs,
-wages, and kept accounts.
-'''Constable:''' a person who took care (the governor
-or warden) of a castle in the absence of the
-owner. This was sometimes bestowed upon a
-great baron as an honor and some royal castles
-had hereditary constables.
-'''Cook:''' roasted, broiled, and baked food in the
-fireplaces and ovens.
-'''Cottars:''' the lowest of the peasantry. Worked as
-swine-herds, prison guards, and did odd jobs.
-'''Ditcher:''' worker who dug moats, vaults,
-foundations and mines.
-'''Dyer:''' someone who dyed cloth in huge heated
-vats during its manufacture.
-'''Ewerer:''' worker who brought and heated water
-for the nobles.
-'''Falconer:''' highly skilled expert responsible for
-the care and training of hawks for the sport of
-falconry.
-'''Fuller:''' worker who shrinks & thickens cloth
-fibers through wetting & beating the material.
 '''Glaziers:''' a person who cut and shaped glass.
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 '''Hayward:''' someone who tended the hedges.
-'''Herald:''' knights assistant and an expert advisor
+'''Herald:''' knights assistant and an expert advisor on heraldry.
+'''[[Keeper]] of the Wardrobe:''' in charge of the tailors and laundress
-on heraldry.
+'''Knight:''' a professional soldier. This was achieved only after long and arduous training which began in infancy.
-'''Keeper of the Wardrobe:''' in charge of the tailors and laundress
-'''Knight:''' a professional soldier. This was achieved
-only after long and arduous training which began
-in infancy.
 '''Laird:''' minor baron or small landlord.
-'''Marshal:''' officer in charge of a household's
+'''Marshal:''' officer in charge of a household's horses, carts, wagons, and containers. His staff included farriers, grooms, carters, smiths and clerks. He also oversaw the transporting of goods.
-horses, carts, wagons, and containers. His staff
-included farriers, grooms, carters, smiths and
-clerks. He also oversaw the transporting of
-goods.
-'''Master Mason:''' responsible for the designing
-and overseeing the building of a structure.
-'''Messengers:''' servants of the lord who carried
-receipts, letters, and commodities.
-'''Miner:''' skilled professional who dug tunnels for
-the purpose of undermining a castle.
-'''Minstrels:''' part of of the castle staff who
-provided entertainment in the form of singing
-and playing musical instruments.
-'''Porter:''' took care of the doors (janitor),
-particularly the main entrance. Responsible for
-the guardrooms. The person also insured that
-no one entered or left the castle without
-permission. Also known as the door-ward.
-'''Reeve:''' supervised the work on lord's property.
-He checked that everyone began and stopped
-work on time, and insured nothing was stolen.
-Senior officer of a borough.
-'''Sapper''': an unskilled person who dug a mine or
-approach tunnel.
-'''Scullions:''' responsible for washing and cleaning
-in the kitchen.
-'''Shearmen:''' a person who trimmed the cloth
-during its manufacture.
-'''Shoemaker:''' a craftsman who made shoes.
-Known also as Cordwainers.
-'''Spinster:''' a name given to a woman who earned
+'''Master Mason:''' responsible for the designing and overseeing the building of a structure.
-her living spinning yarn. Later this was
+'''Messengers:''' servants of the lord who carried receipts, letters, and commodities.
-expanded and any unmarried woman was called
+'''Miner:''' skilled professional who dug tunnels for the purpose of undermining a castle.
-a spinster.
+'''Minstrels:''' part of of the castle staff who provided entertainment in the form of singing and playing musical instruments.
-'''Steward:''' took care of the estate and domestic
+'''Porter:''' took care of the doors (janitor), particularly the main entrance. Responsible for the guardrooms. The person also insured that no one entered or left the castle without permission. Also known as the door-ward.
-administration. Supervised the household and
+'''Reeve:''' supervised the work on lord's property. He checked that everyone began and stopped work on time, and insured nothing was stolen. Senior officer of a borough.
-events in the great hall. Also referred to as a
+'''Sapper''': an unskilled person who dug a mine or approach tunnel.
-Seneschal.
+'''Scullions:''' responsible for washing and cleaning in the kitchen.
-'''Squire:''' attained at the age of 14 while training as
+'''Shearmen:''' a person who trimmed the cloth during its manufacture.
-a knight. He would be assigned to a knight to
+'''Shoemaker:''' a craftsman who made shoes. Known also as Cordwainers.
-carry and care for the weapons and horse.
+'''Spinster:''' a name given to a woman who earned her living spinning yarn. Later this was expanded and any unmarried woman was called a spinster.
-'''Watchmen:''' an official at the castle responsible
+'''Steward:''' took care of the estate and domestic administration. Supervised the household and events in the great hall. Also referred to as a Seneschal.
-for security. Assited by lookouts (the garrison).
+'''Squire:''' attained at the age of 14 while training as a knight. He would be assigned to a knight to carry and care for the weapons and horse.
-'''Weaver:''' someone who cleaned and compacted
+'''Watchmen:''' an official at the castle responsible for security. Assited by lookouts (the garrison).
-cloth, in association with the Walker and Fuller.
+'''Weaver:''' someone who cleaned and compacted cloth, in association with the Walker and Fuller.
-'''Woodworkers:''' tradesmen called Board-hewers
-who worked in the forest, producing joists and beams.
+'''Woodworkers:''' tradesmen called Board-hewers who worked in the forest, producing joists and beams.

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