CORDWAINER

Cordwainer: translation

A leather worker, shoemaker. The title cordwainer applied not only to the maker of leather goods but also to the merchant who imported cargoes of Spanish leather. Some of these men achieved prominence in London: e.g. Gervase the Cordwainer was the king's chamberlain of London in 1227, becoming *sheriff in 1237. -

Cf. Cordwain Cordwainers, Ordinances of; Corveiseria