Held at:

Private Collection

Reference:

RS_0011

Source:

Private Research

Title:

Trades & Professions: Corvisor [Corviser]

Place name:

Ewyas Lacy

Date:

1600’s 1700’s

Description:

 [?] Clodock

1715

 James Price

 [?] Longtown

1683

 William Clarke

 [?] Longtown

1683

 Charles Williams

 Clodock

1697

 Walter Watkins

 Clodock

1699

 Henry Watkins

 Craswall

1697

 Foster Mabbe

 Michaelchurch Escley

1746

 Thomas Jones

 St Margarets

1714

 John Maddocks [Madocks]

Observations:

References have been extracted from external sources as well as material on this website. For the latter, use the site search engine for references to original documents.

The term Corvisor may have been used interchangeably with Cordwainer and Shoemaker, although some sources suggest it may have been applied specifically to makers of wooden clogs. Local oral history suggests that clog-making was well established in Ewyas Lacy; Alder was apparently a good timber for the purpose, and was abundant along the extensive local watercourses.

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