I wonder if someone could help with the following: I have an occupation 'Chartermaster'. According to the old occupations there is only a 'Chartmaster' listed, which describes the job as "middleman that negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labour". The person involved lived in Bilston, I believe, has anyone any other ideas about this occupation or could it be one and the same. Kind regards, Linda

Linda: Chartermaster and chartmaster are variants of one another. They mean the same thing, as in your definition, and this method of employing mine labour was common in the Black Country. A "butty miner" or "buttyman" is also a very similar thing. Best wishes Paul Prescott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Marsh" <bm004e8508@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 8:57 PM Subject: [B.C.] Occupation >I wonder if someone could help with the following: > > I have an occupation 'Chartermaster'. According to the old occupations > there is only a 'Chartmaster' listed, which describes the job as > > "middleman that negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labour". > > The person involved lived in Bilston, I believe, has anyone any other > ideas about this occupation or could it be one and the same. > > Kind regards, > > Linda > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The Assistant List Admins are Jean Morgan and Jan Ross > (Couldn't do it without those two great ladies) > >