Acater	Supplied food provisions, e.g. a ships chandler
Accomptant	Accountant
Accoucheur/Accoucheus	One who assisted women in childbirth
Accoutrement Maker/Accoutre	Supplier of military accessories
Ackerman/Acreman	Ploughman.
Actuary	Kept public accounts of business
Administatix	A female administrator
Administrator	Directed the affairs of another
Advertisement Conveyancer	Sandwich board man
Advocate	depute Scottish law officer who could act a public prosecutor
Aeronaut	Balloonist or a trapeze artist in the circus or music halls
Alderman	Senior councillor one position down from Mayor in the local council
Ale-conner/Ale Founder	Official who tested quality and measure of ale served in public houses
Ale draper	Seller of ale
Ale Tunner	Employed by the brewery to fill ale casks (tuns} with ale
Alewife	Woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern
All Spice	Name for a grocer
Amanuen	Secretary or stenographer
Amanuensis	Secretary or stenographer
Amber Cutter	Cut ambergris
Amber & Jet Cutter	Cut and polished amber for jewelry
Amen Man	Parish clerk
Anchor Smith	Made anchors
Anchoress	Female hermit or religious recluse
Anchorite	Male hermit or religious recluse
Angle Iron Smith	Made angle iron ie. flat iron bars bent at right angles lengthways
Ankle Beater	Young person who helped to drive the cattle to market
Annatto Maker	Worked in the manufacture of dyes for paint or printing
Antigropelos Maker	Made waterproof leggings
Anvil Smith	Made anvils and hammers for blacksmiths
Apiarian	Beekeeper
Apothecary	Prepared and sold medicines or drugs; pharmacist
Apparitor	Official who summoned witnesses in the ecclesiastical courts
Apprentice	Was bound to a skilled worker for a specified time to learn a trade
Apronman	Mechanic
Aquarius (Ewar)	Waterman
Aquavita Seller	Sold alcohol
Archiator	Physician
Arkwright	Skilled craftsman who produced "arks" (wooden chests or coffers)
Artifice	Maker or fixer of intricate objects
Artificer Soldier	mechanic who does repairs
Ashman	Dustman or shipman or sailor
Assayer	Determined the proportions of metal in ore
Assay Master	Determined the amount of gold or silver to go in coins
Auger Maker	Made the carpenters augers (used for boring holes in wood)
Aurifaber	Goldsmith
Avenator (Plantifene)	Hay and forage merchant
Axel Tree Maker/Axel Tree Turner	Made axels for coaches and wagons
Backmaker	Made "backs", vats, tubs, a Cooper
Backmann/Backster/Baxter/Beck/Becker	Baker