Meaning of term skynner in mid-16C England [closed]

Question

I'm looking at a will from mid-16C England made by a man who was a member of the Goldsmiths’ Company of London, a merchant of the staple, and one of the two deputy masters of the mint. In other words, a man of substance. One of the beneficiaries and executors is "Bernard Jennyn, skynner of London", who also seems to have been his son-in-law. One of the other executors is a knight and the third an esquire. Normally, a skynner would be someone who works with animal hides, but that can hardly be the case here. So, what can it mean in this context?

Comments

Presumably a dealer in furs.  May have owned a factory.  No doubt one of these

https://www.theskinnerscompany.org.uk/

Occupational terms were generally used by proprietors.  Employees were just called servants or journeymen.

 

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Brilliant! I'm going to rename this forum RJ2Me ;)

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The Skinners had a guild in London, the Worshipful Company of Skinners which was one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

Answer 1

Of old Norse origin from "skinn" meaning hide or pelt.  Occupational name for someone who skinned animals by trade.  Leather worker or someone who made fur garments.