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.
The passage reveals that Fulbert's profession was subject to varying interpretations due to incomplete and inaccurate historical records. While earlier accounts often described him as a tanner, more recent scholarship has proposed alternative explanations for his occupation, including the possibility that he may have been an embalmer or body preparer.