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

About one household of goldsmiths for every 1,900 townspeople. Counted as masters and heads of household: journeymen, apprentices and servants come on top. This ratio is counted in the Paris tax roll of 1292: only those who paid the taille, so fewer than there were.

TownspeopleHouseholds
3,0002
10,0005
40,00021
150,00081

More of them where

Where they work

The upper town: in the safest place: on high ground if there is any, near the palace, the fortress or the town hall. The districts of a town

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Other trades

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

Orders of magnitude for play: sourced figures and Hearth estimates together. Every source, and every figure still waiting for one, is listed in the builder under Sources.

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