Occupation identification

[Kavill]

This one has really got me beat so I’m hoping that it might mean something to someone.

It’s the occupation of the apprentice’s father I’m having trouble with. The best I can come up with is Line Scoingler.

The son is being apprenticed to a translator which in this case is someone who repairs or remakes old shoes.

Many thanks,
Keith

[horselydown86]

The second word is Swingler.

See:

https://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-jobs-beginning-S10.html#Swingler

What it is that he swingles is hard to say without more text to compare.

It could be Jute but I have serious doubts that it is a t.  I think it ends _ce or _ne.

The first letter looks most like an L but at a stretch could be a J.

Can you find another word with the same capital nearby?

[PaulineJ]

I read it as Quire Swingler, but that makes no sense either

[loobylooayr]

Hi,

To be honest, the first thing that jumped out at me when I read that line was " City of Yorkshire Swingler" 
Which makes even less sense that Quire Swingler 

Looby

[Kavill]

Thank you for the replies.

Swingler makes sense, I can see it now you’ve said it!

I wasn’t sure how much of the page I could post without it causing copyright problems, but here’s the full page. The first letter of the first word looks most like the L of Lockwood. There are examples of the letter J in capital form but they look distinctly different.

[horselydown86]

Thanks for posting the larger image.  I agree with your thoughts.

So Line or Luce Swingler.

Both terms draw a blank on Google.

[Jebber]

Lack of punctuation makes it seem as if York is part of the description. horsleydown has the right answer.

This is a good site for old occupations.

 https://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html

[JenB]

Might it be Line(n) swingler? No, see next reply.

[JenB]

The O.E. D. defines 'line' as 'the fibre of flax' (now obsolete) or slightly more modern usage
'....flax of a fine and long staple, which has been separated by the hackle from the tow.'

So it seems to me he was a 'Line [i.e. flax] swingler' which fits exactly with the occupation link hd posted in reply #1.