1. Lesson objectives
All: will be able to describe some jobs done by medieval workers in the towns.
Most: will be able to explain how conditions and expectations began to change .
Some: Will be able to establish links across time periods to show how conditions were improved by changing attitudes and technology.
SKILLS (Summarising notes, source interpretation)

2. Starter What Jobs Did People Do In Medieval Towns?
What did people do in the Middle Ages? If you meet a random person on the street, what is his likely occupation?
They didn't have electronics engineers and computer programmers, but they did have thousands of jobs that made their society work properly.
Task
Colour the top 6 boxes in different colours.
Now shade in the boxes in the same colours as the heading so that the correct job belongs to the correct group.
4 government, 3 criminal, 4 religious, 6 merchant, 3 artists and 10 craftsmen.
Government – how the town is run, official jobs
Criminal – against the law
Religious – to do with the church
Merchant – selling things
Artists – entertainers
Craftsmen – making things.

3. Jobs In Medieval Towns Governmental Occupations Criminal Occupations
Religious Occupations
Merchants
Artists/Entertainers
Craftsmen
apothecary - a preparer and merchant for drugs and medicines
abbot - superior of a monastery
cooper - one who makes and repairs barrels and tubs
metropolitan - a bishop in charge of other bishops; an archbishop
curate - priest in charge of a church
exchequer - the man responsible for the king's money
cutler - one who makes and repairs cutlery
wheelwright - a maker of wheels
fueller - one who sells charcoal, wood, or other fuels
besom maker - one who makes brooms
bear-ward - the owner of a performing bear
blacksmith - one who works with iron to form metal implements: e.g. farm tools.
barker - one who advertises at the entrance to a show
harberdasher - seller of men's clothing
mason - bricklayer
fence - one who trades in stolen goods
mercer - a dealer in expensive clothing (silk, etc.)
diplomat - the person who negotiates with foreign nations
footpad - one who robs pedestrians
shoemaker - one who makes and repairs shoes
costermonger - fruit seller
tailor - one who makes and repairs clothing
diver - a pickpocket
mummer - actor
campaner - maker of large bells
hayward - an officer in charge of fences and hedges
eggler - an egg-merchant
cantor - a choir leader in churches, the man who sings hymns
fletcher - maker of arrows
jailer - the man responsible for a jail: he keeps the criminals from getting out

4. Jobs In Medieval Towns - Answers
Governmental Occupations
Criminal Occupations
Religious Occupations
Merchants
Artists/ Entertainers
Craftsmen
apothecary - a preparer and merchant for drugs and medicines
abbot - superior of a monastery
cooper - one who makes and repairs barrels and tubs
metropolitan - a bishop in charge of other bishops; an archbishop
curate - priest in charge of a church
exchequer - the man responsible for the king's money
cutler - one who makes and repairs cutlery
wheelwright - a maker of wheels
fueller - one who sells charcoal, wood, or other fuels
besom maker - one who makes brooms
bear-ward - the owner of a performing bear
blacksmith - one who works with iron to form metal implements: e.g. farm tools.
barker - one who advertises at the entrance to a show
harberdasher - seller of men's clothing
mason - bricklayer
fence - one who trades in stolen goods
mercer - a dealer in expensive clothing (silk, etc.)
diplomat - the person who negotiates with foreign nations
footpad - one who robs pedestrians
shoemaker - one who makes and repairs shoes
costermonger - fruit seller
tailor - one who makes and repairs clothing
diver - a pickpocket
mummer - actor
campaner - maker of large bells
hayward - an officer in charge of fences and hedges
eggler - an egg-merchant
cantor - a choir leader in churches, the man who sings hymns
fletcher - maker of arrows
jailer - the man responsible for a jail: he keeps the criminals from getting out

5. Jobs – The Town Guilds
What job would you like to do when you leave school? In the middle ages you may have become an apprentice to a master craftsman. The apprentice would learn the job by working with the master. The master would belong to a guild which is like a modern trade Union. Each guild did the following things.
Rules of the Guild
Fix prices
Fix the quality of goods to be made
Make sure not to many goods are made
Fix the hours members could work each day
Help sick and old members of the guild
Make sure members are trained properly
Keep records of meetings
Punish members who had broken rules
Rules of a modern trade union
Fight for fair wages,
Limit hours of work hours
Make sure that working conditions are good
Makes complaints when workers are sacked unfairly.
Provide benefits for members against ill health, old age and funeral expenses.
Trade unions may enforce strikes
Describe 3 things done by a guild (L 3-4)
Describe 3 things done by a trade union (L 3-4)
In what ways are a guild and a modern trade union the same? (L 4-5)
In what ways are they different? (L 4-5)
What were guilds most concerned about? (L5-6)
What are trade unions most concerned about? (L5-6)
Explain why the focus of guilds and Unions have changed over the centuries. What does this tell us about modern and medieval attitudes to workers? (L7)

6. Chipping Campden - A medieval town
In groups of 4, discuss what types of jobs you think that there would have been in Campden in Medieval times. You will present your ideas to the class.
2. How has work in Campden developed since medieval times. What jobs have changed? (New ones or no longer done)
The name Campden or Camperdene is believed to be a Saxon name meaning valley with fields, a written reference to Campden in the Domesday Book (1085), records that before the Norman conquest the manor of Camperdene had been held by King Harold.
The Almshouses
By the early 13th century, the market area was being called 'Cepynge Caumpedene' (or 'Market Campden'). The word Chipping means market.
Chipping Campden established itself as a busy wooltraders town in the 14th century. Wool from Cotswold Sheep, grazed on the surrounding farmland, was graded, sold and transported to London.
The Woolstaplers Hall in the High Street was built in 1340 by a wool merchant.
St James' Church is situated in the north of the town. It is an early perpendicular wool church, rebuilt in the 15th century by the town's wool merchants.
Grevel House is the oldest house in Chipping Campden. It was built in the 14th century with decorated windows, gargoyles and a sundial set in one of the walls.

7. PLENARY
Summarise for the person next to you as many reasons as you can to explain why work done in medieval towns was different to today. These key words might help
Health and safety
Rights
Technology
Fairer
Freedom

8. Lesson objectives
All: will be able to describe some jobs done by medieval workers in the towns.
Most: will be able to explain how conditions and expectations began to change .
Some: Will be able to establish links across time periods to show how conditions were improved by changing attitudes and technology.
SKILLS (Summarising notes, source interpretation)