One of the earliest bits of information concerning the English Carpenters, and predating slightly John the Town Clerk, is interesting note that his father was a "chaundeler" or someone in the candle business. The meaning of this always escaped me, until I found an important book, Alien Merchants in England in the High Middle Ages by T.H.Lloyd, which provides lists of commodities imported into London. Remember that the all important export item was English wool to the Low Countries. Exports back the other way were first, finished cloth, and then secondly in importance, "WAX"! Sincerely, Bruce E. Carpenter