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Offline bugbear

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1766 occupation "Greave"?
« on: Friday 18 August 23 10:41 BST (UK) »
I have an apprentice record of 1766 (on Anc*y).

I cannot make out (or understand) what the master's job is. It seems to say "Greave", which I know from too much of my youth playing Dungeons and Dragons is a piece of leg armour.

Anc*y record link: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/20886:1851

It may be relevant that in an 1815 Enclosure map of Kenninghall, a "John Foster" appear to own a substantial amount of land - around 80 acres.

EDIT; I included the "Irwin" record because I thought it was the same occupation as the Foster one
BICE Middlesex
WOMACK Norfolk/Suffolk

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Re: 1766 occupation "Greave"?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 18 August 23 10:49 BST (UK) »
A Grieve ( rather than Greave) was a farm bailiff or estate manager.
Ref the first (Irwin) extract. Could it be a rather badly written 'Grocer'?
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Re: 1766 occupation "Greave"?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 18 August 23 11:27 BST (UK) »
I agree with Grocer.

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Re: 1766 occupation "Greave"?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 18 August 23 13:58 BST (UK) »
In the Westminster Poll Book, 1749, page 154, Francis Irwin is recorded as a grocer, of Norris Street, St. James's.
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