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Title: What Is This Occupation
Post by: jenny_knight28 on Tuesday 09 March 21 18:49 GMT (UK)
The below entry appears on the UK Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures in 1719.
My ancestor is in Somerset.
I'm trying to work out what the occupation is.
I have tried looking up various spellings and part of the words but am not having any luck.
Any suggestions are really appreciated.
Title: Re: What Is This Occupation
Post by: teragram31510 on Wednesday 10 March 21 17:39 GMT (UK)
I see Drug...maker(abbreviated to makr) Can't make out the 3 letters in the middle - looks like qet perhaps but can't think what that might stand for.
Title: Re: What Is This Occupation
Post by: BumbleB on Wednesday 10 March 21 18:06 GMT (UK)
Welcome to RootsChat!  Could you please give us the name, so that we can look at the record for ourselves.  Sometimes "snips" can be confusing.

Title: Re: What Is This Occupation
Post by: GR2 on Wednesday 10 March 21 18:14 GMT (UK)
The second part is an abbreviation of maker, the first part is drugget, a kind of cloth.
Title: Re: What Is This Occupation
Post by: Mike in Cumbria on Thursday 11 March 21 07:22 GMT (UK)
Quote from: GR2 on Wednesday 10 March 21 18:14 GMT (UK)
The second part is an abbreviation of maker, the first part is drugget, a kind of cloth.

drugget
[ˈdrʌɡɪt]
NOUN
a coarse woven fabric used to make floor coverings.
a floor covering made of drugget.