_Meaning of "Shipster."_--Can any of your correspondents inform me what
is the business or calling or profession of a Shipster? The term occurs
in a grant of an annuity of Oct. 19. 2 Henry VIII., 1510, and made
between "H.U., Gentilman, and Marie Fraunceys de Suthwerk, in com Surr
_Shipster_."