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    1. SEALER OF LEATHER
    2. Donald Tomkinson

    3. In 1631 Thomas Tomkinson was appointed a "searcher and sealer of leather" in Newcastle under Lyme. I'd be grateful for an explanation of the duties of the office. I assume that it was connected with assessing the qualities of leather. Would it also imply that Thomas was a cordwainer or a tanner? Don Tomkinson

    08/13/2006 10:07:15
    1. Re: [OEL] SEALER OF LEATHER
    2. Norman Lee

    3. Sounds more like a tanner, doesn't it. I think perhaps the best thing is to look for a web site for the guilds of each occupation. They may well have the history. Apprenticeship for some began at seven and you became a journeyman at 21, although I wait for correction on this. I think that the freemason may have been an occupational status title but, again, I'd look to find a guild site for stone masons. I believe the Duke of Sussex was the man who originated the society of freemasons but don't know when that began. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Tomkinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:07 PM Subject: [OEL] SEALER OF LEATHER > In 1631 Thomas Tomkinson was appointed a "searcher and sealer of > leather" in Newcastle under Lyme. I'd be grateful for an explanation > of the duties of the office. I assume that it was connected with > assessing the qualities of leather. Would it also imply that Thomas > was a cordwainer or a tanner? > > Don Tomkinson > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/416 - Release Date: 10/08/2006 > >

    08/13/2006 11:01:09
    1. Re: [OEL] SEALER OF LEATHER
    2. Donald Tomkinson

    3. Many thanks Audrey. I now believe that Thomas Tomkinson was a cordwainer. Freemason seems to have referred to a stonemason - apparently the first record of a lodge of the contemporary society in England was in Newcastle on Tyne in 1641. Regards, Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Lee" <[email protected]> To: "Donald Tomkinson" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] SEALER OF LEATHER > Sounds more like a tanner, doesn't it. I think perhaps the best thing is to > look for a web site for the guilds of each occupation. They may well have > the history. Apprenticeship for some began at seven and you became a > journeyman at 21, although I wait for correction on this. I think that the > freemason may have been an occupational status title but, again, I'd look to > find a guild site for stone masons. I believe the Duke of Sussex was the man > who originated the society of freemasons but don't know when that began. > > Audrey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald Tomkinson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:07 PM > Subject: [OEL] SEALER OF LEATHER > > > > In 1631 Thomas Tomkinson was appointed a "searcher and sealer of > > leather" in Newcastle under Lyme. I'd be grateful for an explanation > > of the duties of the office. I assume that it was connected with > > assessing the qualities of leather. Would it also imply that Thomas > > was a cordwainer or a tanner? > > > > Don Tomkinson > > > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > > THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/416 - Release Date: 10/08/2006 > > > > >

    08/16/2006 10:29:38