General Chat

:-D :-D Sharon

Probably the equivalent of an ancient 'zero contract'

Some craftsmen needed to travel to carry out their trade.

Stonemasons would not be able to make a living by having a workshop because their trade was more in demand on big projects like castles and cathedrals and would sell their skill and labour by the day whereas a blacksmith or cordwainer could sell their wares by the piece and stay in one place.

Not sure if anyone is interested but the word came from the French La Journee meaning day. They got paid by the day.

He wasn't carving clothes pegs then.

My birth certificate shows my father's occupation as a Journeyman plumber.

:-)

Actually, not so Ancient......
I was indentured as a Journeyman Electrician......in 1955

In the back of my mind from school days, an Apprentice was Indentured for 7 years until he became a Journeyman.

We still have OH's Indenture papers. They have 'rivets' rather than a zig-zag cut or torn line to separate the 'Masters' copy from the Apprentice's copy. In his case, he was apprenticed for 5 years.

Yes I have a couple of journeyman butchers among my lot so I found that out too.

One of mine was a Wood carver. Journeyman......I thought....oooooo a gypsy in the family.....but nothing so romantic .looked up Journeyman on google and found this


A journeyman is an individual who has completed an apprenticeship and is fully educated in a trade or craft, but not yet a master. To become a master, a journeyman has to submit a master work piece to a guild for evaluation and be admitted to the guild as a master.

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