Chandlers in a medieval or fantasy town: how many, and where

About one household of chandlers for every 3,000 townspeople. Counted as masters and heads of household: journeymen, apprentices and servants come on top. The Paris tax roll of 1292 names 71 of them, for a city of about 220,000 people: only those who paid the taille, so fewer than there were. About as common as money-changers and bakers and cooks.

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TownspeopleHouseholds
3,0001
10,0003
40,00013
150,00049

More of them where

  • the town makes candles (2 times as many)

Where they work

The fire trades: at the edge, away from roofs that burn. The districts of a town

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Other trades

Smiths, Weavers and fullers, Tanners and cobblers, Masons and carpenters, Potters, Glassmakers, Goldsmiths, Shipwrights

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