Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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jan 22: one two buckle my shoe. put buckles on Sams shoes.
from:JWB on Sun 29 May 2005, 1:36 am |
from L&M Companion
Shoemaker, on the n. side of fleet St close to Fetter Lane. In 1666 he had two apprentices and paid tax on eight hearths. He was a liveryman of the Cordwainers’ Company and a man of some breeding, to judge by the frequency with which he gave Pepys news of theatrical events. The ‘Wooton’ who was Pepys’s manservant in 1699 may have been a relative.
Cordwainer = shoemaker
Word derived from Cordoba, in Spain.
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