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Hacker - hoe maker

Hansard - weapon maker or seller

Harper - musician

Hatcheler - one who combed out flax

Hawker - peddler

Haymonger - dealer in hay

Hayward - keeper of fences

Headborough - constable

Hedger - one who trims and tends hedgerows

Hetheleder - provider of heather for fuel

Higgler - itinerant peddler

Hillard / Hillier - tiler one who covers houses with slate

Hind - farm laborer

Hooker - reaper

Hooper - maker of hoops for casks, barrels, tubs etc.

Horsler - stableman or groom; horse servant at an inn

Hosteler - innkeeper

Huckster - seller of small articles/wares

Husbandman - a farmer; animal husbandry; tenant farmer

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