Low Class
Acrobat/Juggler: Traveled to inns, taverns, fairs, castle, courts, and other places where they could perform. Prone to crimes since they had such a small income.
Adamist: Gardener.
Alchemists: Tried to find ways to turn ordinary stone into gold. Often ridiculed and pushed out of society and even sometimes punished as heretics.
Artists: Comissioned to paint portraits and other scenes. Often looked down upon in society and would sometimes turn to theft when they could not make ends meet.
Barber: Cut hair and let blood to cure infections.
Bard: A musician who often sung of heroic deeds. They traveled around looking for work.
Bear Baiter: They would bait bears and run from them to entertain their audience.
Beggar: A mentally or physically challenged person who begged in the street and visited alms houses to get money to live off of. Some people would take up begging just because they didn't want to work. These people were looked down upon and would be severely punished if caught.
Chamber Maid: Young woman who went to live in higher class homes as household servants.
Chambrieries: Woman who tended cows.
Champion: A man who hired himself out to fight in place of someone who was being trialed in combat. Champions were considered to be the lowest of the low and they were often denied common rights. Their shame was passed on to their children if they had any. A very dangerous occupation and could sometimes result in death.
Churl (Serf): A peasant. Also a slang term for a husband.
Comedians: Went around telling jokes for money. When performing for an important person (exp. royalty/noble), they could be punished for telling a joke they didn't like.
Dancers: Often codemned by the Church they traveled around looking for work, mostly performing and festivals and celebrations.
Dyer: Person who dyed cloth. A predominantly male trade, you could often spot a dyer from their stained hands.
Fishmonger: Person who caught and/or dealt with fish. This trade was often looked down upon on.
Fishwife: Often a wife of a fishmonger, these controlled the trade of the fish.
Fool: A comedian that had a permanant place in a court.
Fortune-teller: One who read tarot cards, palms, tea leaves, bones, crystal balls, and variety of other instruments to supposedly tell the future. Most fortune-tellers were of Gypsy descent and were generally paid in silver. The Church codemned fortune-telling and would often sentence them to death.
Gypsies: People that came into the Middle Ages in the 1500's. Many were killed or tormented by Christians and people of the Church for their beliefs.
Heretic: A witch or enemy. The punishment for being a heretic was often death.
Imp: A person who grafted feathers onto a hawk or other hunting bird to help them fly.
Minstrel: A musician much like a bard, but they sang about many different subjects other than heroics.
Kidnapper: Person who kidnapped someone and then often held them for ransom. This crime was punishable with death.
Mercenary: Man who rented out themselves for military service. Some would gather together in "traveling armies". Not known for being trustworthy to whom they were working for.
Midwife: Woman in charge of delivering babies and treating female health issues. Often passed down from mother to daughter. Their cures and treatments were often more humane than what male doctors had to offer and the jealous doctors would often accuse midwives of crimes or being heretics to bring business back to them.
Mime: An actor or actress. Mostly males who worked in traveling bands.
Oracle: A person through whom gods speak. In some religions/cultures they were revered figures. Most people had to go out to seek their advice since they kept withdrawn from society.
Peasant: The majority of the people they were common farm laborers. Some were free but others were tied to the land they worked on. To make enough money some had to get a second job. In hard times, some would be desperate enough to abandon their children or other family members.
Peddlar: A person who traveld around selling goods. Tolerated by all as a needed part of society and would sometimes be entrusted with messages, etc... in times of war.
Pilgrim: Person traveling to a holy place.
Serf: Person who rented a section of land from a lord or other noble in exchange for a determined payment. If they could not make a payment they were thrown out of their homes.
Shepherd: Person who tended sheep.
Slave: Person owned by another person.
Soothsayer: A person who always tells the truth and often gives good advice. In fantasy they are often blind in one or both eyes.
Spinner (Spinster): Person who spun fibers into thread and/or threads into textiles.
Swineherd: Person who tended pigs/hogs.
Thief: Person who took things that didn't belong to them with no intent on returning them. A trade often adopted by someone who couldn't make ends meet.
Tinker: One who repaired and made metal items.
Wet Nurse: Woman who sold her breast milk to a mother who could not feed her baby either by need or want, or to a child who was motherless.
Woodcutter: Person who chopped wood for or to add to their income.
