Elizabethan+Occupations+and+Jobs

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 * //__​Elizabethan Era Occupations and Jobs[[image:DomesticServants_KitchenMaids_1890.gif width="316" height="310" align="right" caption="A Domestic Servant working for the family."]] __//**

In the Elizabethan era the jobs were available but if you couldnt get a job there was a job open to be a domestic servants. The whole system of Labour Regulations came about in 1563 (Picard 202). The most respected occupations in England at the time were Medicine, Law, Education, and the Chuch (Andrews 171). Most professionals worked from home unless you worked in a bigger cities (Andrews 171). A well-respected physician or lawyer could make ends meet when it comes to paying bills and buying the everyday needs but a small town school teacher may have trouble making ends meet though (Andrews 171). During the Elizabethan era, domestic servants was a job that a lot of people had. __Domestic Servants__ About one-fourth of England worked as Domestic Servants (Andrews 171). About eighty percent of men and fifty percent of women between the ages of twenty and twenty-four worked as domestic servants (Andrews 171). Some people that worked as domestic servants just thought of it as a step-up to another job (Andrews 171). The servants lived with the families they worked for and some families treat them as if they were part of their family (Andrews 171). Those who didnt work as domestic servants might end up joining the military if there was no other job open to them (Andrews 171). Women could be apprenticed as domestic servants (Picard 180). The women who worked as domestic servants did not get paid, but when their term was up, they could present themself as well trained young women (Picard 180). It was possible for a domestic servant to lose their term if they were abused, illness, etc. (Picard 180). Being a domestic servant started at a young age for 7 or more years unless your term was canceled (Picard 180). //**
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**__Examples of jobs during Elizabethan era__**
 * ** __Acrobat__: was a popular entertainer **
 * ** __Bottler__: bottled goods for storing **
 * ** __Bowyer__: manufactured bows, arrows, and crossbows **
 * ** __Carpenter__: worked with wood **
 * ** __Clerk__: kept accounts **
 * ** __Constable__: person in charge of the castle **
 * ** __Cordwainer__: craftsman who made shoes **
 * ** __Ewerer__: brought and heated water for nobles **
 * ** __Gong Farmer__: cleaned up cow poop **
 * ** __Money Lender__: bankers **
 * ** __Scullion__: lowest of kitchen workers, usually washing **
 * ** __Watchman__: responsible for security at a castle, also called a nightman **
 * ** __Chancellor__: was a secretary to a Noble or Royal person **
 * ** __Janitor__: in charge or main castle entrance and and made sure no one left or entered castle without permission **
 * ** __Steward__: took care of castle estates and household administrations **

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Works Cited Andrews, John F., ed. //Shakespeare’s World and Work//. 3 vols. New York: Karen Day, 2001. Print. //Domestic Service 1901- Willesden London//. 1901. GIF file. “Elizabethan Occupations.” //Elizabethan Era//. N.p., 2010. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. Picard, Liza. //Elizabeth’s London//. New York: Weidenfeld & Nelson, 2003. Print.