Dear Bruce, It still does not rule out the secondary meaning used in the 1700's and 1800's as defined by the writers of that time. John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Bruce E. Carpenter wrote: > > The folowing quote from An Encyclopedia of London will put to rest the > meaning of 'chaundeler'. Happily the information comes from Town Clerk John > Carpenter himself. > > "The name given (chaundelers) to these early merchants of grease (for that > is what they were) is "unctuarii." When cataloguing the entry in the Liber > Albus a little over a century later, John Carpenter, Town Clerk, had no > hesitation in rendering "unctuarius" by "candelarius" or "chandler". > > Yours, > Bruce E. Carpenter