Sector By economic sector Agricultural “Agricultural activity has generated far fewer occupational surnames than non-agricultural, despite having far more people engaged in it.” (Rogers, 1995, TSD, p190) Pastoral/Livestock “In rural areas the large numbers of names which are derived from the specialist tasks of herding the different species of domestic animals provide some evidence about local agriculture.” (HoBS p204) Sheep/wool: Shepherd, Shepman, Shearman, Teasler Cattle: Cowherd, Bove, Bover, Bullman, Bull, Bullock, Calf Swine: Hogg, Bacon Goats: Goatherd, Goat Dairying: Cheese, Wick Enclosures: Pound, Penfold, Pitfold Butchery: Butcher, Flesher, Shayle, Bolas, Slayer Hides: Tanner, Barker Meadows: Mead, Wish, Mather, Mowe(r) Italics= pastoral origin uncertain Arable “Very few surnames are from any of the operations of arable farming, despite the importance of that activity during the Middle Ages and later, and despite the large numbers of people engaged in it.” (HoBS p204) Tilling: Ploughman, Tiller, Thresher Harvesting: Mower, Stacker Manufacturing Textiles Walker, Fuller, Tucker “Of all the industries extant during the centuries when surnames were being developed, none generated more than the later stages of textiles when, as Fransson observed, specialisation or the division of labour was at its greatest.” (Rogers, 1995, TSD, p192) Retail – Servants e.g. Vickers Craft/Profession Taylor, Baxter, Brewster (disputed) Office – Lay Court Officials: Reeve, Franklin Manor Officials: Judge, Gabler Town Officials: County Officials: Sheriff Office – Ecclesiastical Status Free: “The name King existed in most English villages in the 14th century subsidy rolls and earlier sources – together often with Abbot and Lord.” (Wilson p121) Unfree: By object (tool) Axe, Pick, Swingle By Product Maslow By Nickname Herring, Catchpole