Money-changers in a medieval or fantasy town: how many, and where

About one household of money-changers for every 3,300 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
3,0001
10,0003
40,00012
150,00045

More of them where

Where they work

The market: on the market square, where the roads meet or by the main gate. The districts of a town

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Other trades

Merchants, Porters and boatmen, Carters

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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