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From: Marcia Bignall <>
Subject: Re: [HWE] More 17th century job descriptions
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:20:17 -0600
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Thanks Melissa!

A maker of coins for the royal mint is just what I was looking for.
"Money handler" didn't do it for me.

This is all making sense (except for the supervisor of "sinners" of
course). The last time this man is found described as an "ouvrier
des monaies du roi" was in 1663. As a Protestant I bet he had to
find another line of work not associated with the royal mint or any
other government position.

And yes, the upper classes needed their cordonniers too, so that does
explain why I'm seeing bourgeois shoemakers.

Marcia



On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Melissa Roy wrote:

> Marcia
>
> "Ouvrier des monaies du roi" means treasurer (or
> someone who works at the royal mint, making actual
> coins).
>
> "Patron" is "boss".
> "Majeure" is "supervisor".
> "Pescheur". I've seen this in 16th and 17th century
> text as another word for "sinner". Now, what "the
> supervisor, boss sinner" has to do with the treasury
> is probably best left up to another interpretation!!
>
> Melissa Roy
> --- Marcia Bignall <> wrote:
>
>> A couple more questions regarding French
>> terminology;
>>
>> One of the 17th century men who originally described
>> himself as
>> "ouvrier des monaies du roi" is later termed "le
>> majeur, patron
>> pescheur" and sometimes simply "patron." He wasn't
>> military and as
>> far as we can tell there wasn't another man with the
>> same name in the
>> area, so, can the term "le majeur" indicate has
>> social class?
>>
>> As for "patron pescheur" it seems to translate as
>> "patron to
>> fishermen" but I'm not clear on what that would
>> entail. Can someone
>> help with this terminology?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Marcia
>>
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