No, a journeyman is not a man on a journey. The 'journey' here comes from the French 'jour' or 'journee' (pronounced joornay), which means 'day'. A journeyman was a day labourer who had served his apprenticeship.
The Statute of Artificers of 1563 laid down the journeyman's hours of work as being, in summer, from, at or before 5 a.m. until between 7 and 8 p.m., with not more than 2 1/2 hours off for breakfast, dinner and drinking; and in winter from dawn till dusk. [Terrick Fitzhugh, Dictionary of Genealogy, p160]
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You Might Also Be Interested In
-
The fifth year for this blog in the A-Z Challenge . In case you were unaware: the A-Z Challenge is held every year during April. Parti... -
Most people think that genealogy goes backwards in a straight line. And so it does...for the most part. Pedigree charts march in a s... -
If you have ever delved into family history, you may well have heard of brickwalls. You may even have come across some of your own. Brickw...
No comments:
Post a Comment