Anyone know what a Lorinor is / was?

[LizzieL]

I have come across an apprentice indenture dated 1690 for a boy apprenticed to a Lorinor. Does anyone know what this occupation was? The boy came from Bampton, Oxon and was apprenticed in London.

[BumbleB]

According to A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations - lorimer/loriner/lormer = spur manufacturer/horse tackle manucaturer/saddler.

[LizzieL]

Thank you, I had found lorimer and wondered if it might just be an alternative spelling. I wonder why the boy went so far from home to serve his apprenticeship. How did a father find a suitable apprentice master outside the local area in the 17th century (pre-social media days)?

[medpat]

Could it be a well known maker of small metal object/spurs etc that he went to or were they related maybe through a marriage or would a local paper run adverts for the items so the father was aware of the firm.

[Bookbox]

The usual spelling is loriner. He would probably have served his apprenticeship with a member of the City livery company. See here ...
https://www.loriner.co.uk/company-past-present/

[LizzieL]

Could it be a well known maker of small metal object/spurs etc that he went to or were they related maybe through a marriage or would a local paper run adverts for the items so the father was aware of the firm.

His master was Joseph Paris "citizen and Lorinor of London"  the document was dated 26th June 1690 "in the second year of the reign of our Soveraign (sic) lord King Wm & Mary of England".

The apprentice was Richard Eltom son of Richard Eltom of Bampton. I can't find baptism of Richard jnr s/o Richard snr in Bampton assuming him to be born about 1676, but I have found other children of a Richard born a little later. Maybe they were the apprentice Richard's younger siblings and the family had moved to Bampton when he was young.