A Survey of English Bynames:
Bynames Ending in -wright

by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

Occupational Bynames Ending in -wright

[object] + wright

Arkwright ("a maker of meal-bins, shaped like a Noah's ark") Bordwrygt (table/chair maker) Botewright (boat maker) Bowwright Cartwright Chesewright (cheese maker) Glasewright (glass maker) Limwright (a limeburner) Lockwright le Ploghwright (plow maker) Shipwright Sievwright (sieve maker) Slaywright (slay - a weaver's tool) Tellwright (tile maker) Wainwright (wagon maker) Whelwright (maker of wheels or wheeled vehicles)