Go to www.thehcc.org/ The Honourable Cordwainer's Company website, click on What is a Cordwainer and it gives a detailed explanation. Sue Brook > Hi List, > as I understand the term Cordwainer, aka Cordiner or Cordviner, orginally was > used for a person who worked with Cordovan which was a special soft leather > from Spain, made of goat skin. Later the term was used for any shoemaker. > > David, in Derbyshire > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > This List is dedicated to the North Riding, Yorkshire, England! If you > have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please > contact Kathleen off-list at Administration@KathleensKorner.net. Thanks. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Sue, Cordwainer site---Wow, we live and learn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted&Sue" <ted@nsue.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 4:08 AM Subject: Re: [N'Yorks] Cordwainer > > Go to www.thehcc.org/ The Honourable Cordwainer's Company website, click on > What is a Cordwainer and it gives a detailed explanation. > Sue Brook > > > > Hi List, > > as I understand the term Cordwainer, aka Cordiner or Cordviner, orginally > was > > used for a person who worked with Cordovan which was a special soft > leather > > from Spain, made of goat skin. Later the term was used for any shoemaker. > > > > David, in Derbyshire > > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > > This List is dedicated to the North Riding, Yorkshire, England! If you > > have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please > > contact Kathleen off-list at Administration@KathleensKorner.net. Thanks. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- > When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! > It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

We need to be a bit careful here - this is a contemporary US association, and may not be applicable to the trade of "cordwainer" in the period and area of interest in UK. My understanding was that the title "cordwainer" was protected by a guild, and that it required a guild-approved apprenticeship to be completed to become a "cordwainer". The title of "master" is usually used to refer to one who took apprenticeships for this purpose. Thus, the widow of a cordwainer could inherit his tools and even his business, but could not herself become a cordwainer without undergoing an apprenticeship...and I had thought that they were not then open to women or girls. This, of course does not mean that women could not make shoes as skilfully as men...just that they faced obstacles in getting training and recognition. Mike Hutchinson Canberra Australa -----Original Message----- From: Ted&Sue [mailto:ted@nsue.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 4:09 AM To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [N'Yorks] Cordwainer Go to www.thehcc.org/ The Honourable Cordwainer's Company website, click on What is a Cordwainer and it gives a detailed explanation. Sue Brook > Hi List, > as I understand the term Cordwainer, aka Cordiner or Cordviner, orginally was > used for a person who worked with Cordovan which was a special soft leather > from Spain, made of goat skin. Later the term was used for any shoemaker. > > David, in Derbyshire > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > This List is dedicated to the North Riding, Yorkshire, England! If you > have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please > contact Kathleen off-list at Administration@KathleensKorner.net. Thanks. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237