Who were chapmen?

Question

Please answer...it's for my exam!!! Thanks! ^-^

Answer 1

The chapmen were traveling peddlers, who traded in items such as ribbons, small househod goods, lacings, and such things. Later on they likely sold the chapbooks and broadside ballads as well, but not until after the invention of the printing press--besides, most of their customers were likely to be illiterate.

Since they usually traveled on foot, with a pack on their back, their stock was necessarily limited.

Answer 2

I'd gotten the impression some good while back that referred to wine merchants or perhaps hucksters in general.

So I plugged it into search "dictionary chapman" and from msn encarta:

chap·man [ chápmən ] (plural chap·men [ chápmən ]) noun

Definition:

U.K. peddler: a wandering peddler ( archaic )

[ Old English cēapman < cēap (see cheap)]

Answer 3

chapman (plural chapmen) was an itinerant seller of chapbooks, broadside ballads, and other items in early modern Britain.

Answer 4

okay this one ( ↑ ) got my answer!!!!!!!