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A Master of a trade was one of the three grades of skill recognised by a Crafts Guild. A highly skilled tradesman, often with his own business.

A 19c Cordwainer was invariably a Shoemaker. Originally, a leather worker using high quality Cordovan leather from Spain for such things as harness, gloves and riding boots. By the 19c it had reduced to a shoemaker - as distinct from a cobbler, who repaired shoes - he "cobbled" them together...

One distinction preserved by Cordwainers since the earliest times is that a Cordwainer works only with new leather, where a Cobbler works with old or recycled Leather. Cobblers have always been repairers, frequently prohibited by law from actually makingshoes. Even going so far as to collect worn-out footwear, cut it apart, and remanufacture cheap shoes entirely form salvaged leather. Cobblers have contended with Cordwainers since at least the Middle Ages. In 16th century London the Cordwainers solved their conflicts with the Cobblers of that city by placing them under the powerful authority of the Cordwainer's guild, thus merging with them.

Cordovan leather is a name derived from the city of Cordoba in Spain where the Moors produced particularly fine leather that was originally made from the hide of Muscoli goats. Introduced into England by the crusaders, Cordovan was the material most in demand throughout Europe in the middle ages for the production of the finest shoes. The first English guild of shoemakers who called themselves "Cordwainers" was founded at Oxford in 1131. �Ư jhyatt 2008
,A Master of a trade was one of the three grades of skill recognised by a Crafts Guild. A highly skilled tradesman, often with his own business.

A 19c Cordwainer was invariably a Shoemaker. Originally, a leather worker using high quality Cordovan leather from Spain for such things as harness, gloves and riding boots. By the 19c it had reduced to a shoemaker - as distinct from a cobbler, who repaired shoes - he "cobbled" them together...

One distinction preserved by Cordwainers since the earliest times is that a Cordwainer works only with new leather, where a Cobbler works with old or recycled Leather. Cobblers have always been repairers, frequently prohibited by law from actually makingshoes. Even going so far as to collect worn-out footwear, cut it apart, and remanufacture cheap shoes entirely form salvaged leather. Cobblers have contended with Cordwainers since at least the Middle Ages. In 16th century London the Cordwainers solved their conflicts with the Cobblers of that city by placing them under the powerful authority of the Cordwainer's guild, thus merging with them.

Cordovan leather is a name derived from the city of Cordoba in Spain where the Moors produced particularly fine leather that was originally made from the hide of Muscoli goats. Introduced into England by the crusaders, Cordovan was the material most in demand throughout Europe in the middle ages for the production of the finest shoes. The first English guild of shoemakers who called themselves "Cordwainers" was founded at Oxford in 1131. �Ư jhyatt 2008