Apparently based on this passage, Wace called Fulbert a tanner/skinner/furrier, while Benoît de Sainte-Maure referred to him as a tailor. In part due to flawed transcripts of Orderic dating from the 17th century, later historians often referred to Fulbert as a tanner, and several recent scholars have assigned him this traditional occupation, but Elisabeth van Houts has suggested an alternative translation of pollinctores, that Herleva's family had been embalmers or those who laid out bodies for burial.
Apparently based on this passage, Wace referred to Fulbert as a leatherworker/skin dresser/fur processor, while Benoît de Sainte-Mure called him a tailor. In part due to inaccurate historical transcripts from the 17th century, later historians often described Fulbert as a tanner, and several recent scholars have assigned him this traditional occupation, but Elisabeth van Houts has suggested an alternative translation of pollinctores.