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Wakeman - a watchman (night watchman)

Walker - a Fuller who "finishes" cloth by treading it in liquid to mat the fibres together.

Greaves - a steward or official

Hayward - the keeper of the common herd or cattle of a town and who maintained the hedges to stop them straying.

Sherman - a Shearman who cut the fuzz off cloth.