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

About one household of glassmakers for every 13,000 townspeople. Counted as masters and heads of household: journeymen, apprentices and servants come on top. The Paris tax roll of 1292 names 17 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 innkeepers and copyists.

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Only where the town makes glass.

TownspeopleHouseholds
3,000none of its own, or one shared with the next town
10,0001
40,0003
150,00012

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, Goldsmiths, Shipwrights, Chandlers

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