Many thanks to all who have corrected me. Its such along time since I used them, perhaps I am allowed this slight error - yes should be 240 pennies to the £ Richard UK

And then the "Quid" - "Guinea" - "Fiver" - "Tenner" - I am sure there are more when one considers Georgian currency? BT means British Telecom of course and a bit more multiplication gives us 960 farthings to the pound and 120 pence for half-a-pound or 10/- But you could liken "4d in the pound" to "4 cents in the dollar"; which is what the original question was I think, gives us the answer ;-) Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ros Jarvis Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ As soon as I saw it I said to myself - there were 240 pennies (not pence) to the old £ - not 120. When you have to sit and learn money etc tables by rote you do not forget them. And it had to be by rote because there is no working this stuff out from basic principles. So I still know without looking up that there are 8 furlongs to a mile and 1760 yards to a mile as well as 240 pennies to a £!! Don't forget the tanner - 6d; the two bob or florin 2 shillings; the half a dollar or half a crown or 2 shillings and sixpence. Plus the thruppence or three penny bit, the farthing and the ten bob note. All of which I have secreted away if I could only remember where .... Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: "2twigs3" <[email protected]> To: "Richard Talbot" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ > Richard wrote: "Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. > Each pound was divided into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. > These were divided into 12 each twelve pence was called a shilling, so > there were 20 shillings to the £" > > Cor Richard, you have a bt internet email address, means Britain. > Maths was a very weak subject with me,, > but 20 shillings x 12 pence equals 240 old d to the £. Will suggest > you > for new chancellor. > Jo. > > > > ================= > Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ================= > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As soon as I saw it I said to myself - there were 240 pennies (not pence) to the old £ - not 120. When you have to sit and learn money etc tables by rote you do not forget them. And it had to be by rote because there is no working this stuff out from basic principles. So I still know without looking up that there are 8 furlongs to a mile and 1760 yards to a mile as well as 240 pennies to a £!! Don't forget the tanner - 6d; the two bob or florin 2 shillings; the half a dollar or half a crown or 2 shillings and sixpence. Plus the thruppence or three penny bit, the farthing and the ten bob note. All of which I have secreted away if I could only remember where .... Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: "2twigs3" <[email protected]> To: "Richard Talbot" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ > Richard wrote: "Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. Each > pound was divided > into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. These were divided into 12 > each twelve pence was called a shilling, so there were 20 shillings to the > £" > > Cor Richard, you have a bt internet email address, means Britain. Maths > was > a very weak subject with me,, > but 20 shillings x 12 pence equals 240 old d to the £. Will suggest > you > for new chancellor. > Jo. > > > > ================= > Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ================= > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just Testing us! Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 2twigs3 Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:04 PM To: Richard Talbot; Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ Richard wrote: "Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. Each pound was divided into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. These were divided into 12 each twelve pence was called a shilling, so there were 20 shillings to the £" Cor Richard, you have a bt internet email address, means Britain. Maths was a very weak subject with me,, but 20 shillings x 12 pence equals 240 old d to the £. Will suggest you for new chancellor. Jo. ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Richard wrote: "Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. Each pound was divided into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. These were divided into 12 each twelve pence was called a shilling, so there were 20 shillings to the £" Cor Richard, you have a bt internet email address, means Britain. Maths was a very weak subject with me,, but 20 shillings x 12 pence equals 240 old d to the £. Will suggest you for new chancellor. Jo.

Thanks for the em. Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. Each pound was divided into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. These were divided into 12 each twelve pence was called a shilling, so there were 20 shillings to the £. When we priced anything the price was in £ shilling and pence i.e.: £1 13s 6d (the d was the mark for a penny) but we not mark our pence as a p and has a different value that the d as there are now only 100 pence to the £ I am sure this will confuse you and many others, but is no different from our measurement of inches, there being 12 in one foot and three of these feet make one yard. Therefore there are 36 inches in each yard, we measure therefore in Yards, feet and inches. This is the old imperial system that anyone over probably the age of 35 would prefer to work than the metric system of today. To many the change in currency was the perfect opportunity for traders and manufacturers to up there prices and all failed to appreciate the value of the new money compared with the old. Hope this help all those out there who are at a total loss of our old imperial system. All we want now is to join the Euro and that we confuse us all over again. Regards Richard Talbot ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Land tax Richard, Very interesting! For us Yanks could you explain "4 shillings in the £." Is this the same as saying 4 shillings? Allen Peterson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 7:26 AM Subject: [OEL] Land tax In reply to the land tax and church tithes, land tax was assessed from c1692 to 1832 at the usual rate of 4 shillings in the £. Many of these tax lists can be found in county archives and are important historical documents. They usually give owner, occupier, type of either land or property inc works, windmill, house garden arable etc. as well as the measurement and value of tax paid. Tithes were charged by the Established Church Only, not non-conformists and usually it was a Rectory. As the Rector as part of his income was his Glebe, he would certainly not pay tithes but remember tithes was not a tax it was based upon either minerals dug from the ground, ie coal or the product of the land either grown or living upon it, ie, pigs, chickens etc. This lasted although not in all areas until the Tithe computation Act of 1836 which the last mentioned was calculated in money terms and not one egg in every ten laid. By this time many land owners had purchased as a one off payment to the church any further annual payments. Many issues around Tithes as by this time with the rise in non-conformity, it was resented and much social unrest that the Church of England should benefit against the others churches. This is a really good subject to study in depth. Richard Talbot ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.9/573 - Release Date: 05/12/2006 16:07

How about a light to place on the window sill. Used to light someone's way home. Or as a signal to indicate the husband is away from the house! :-) Nothing I can find in the OED I'm afraid. Cheers, Liz in Melbourne Martyn said: > Hello Roy, > > I see where you are coming from on this! > > I'll give you a bit more context. It was grouped amongst a > list of items in the kitchen:- > > "Four Heaters, a roasting Jack compleat, a Spit, a > Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks, a Bell Brass Mortar" > > All the best, > > Martyn > Roy said: > Hazard a guess Martyn? Cuckold being an adulteress and a > light, maybe a > church window = A window that has replaced a matched > collection or set?? > > Bit of sort of slang use as one definition is given of > Cuckold "To make > Cuckold of" > Martyn said: > Subject: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light > > >From a probate inventory, Aldingbourne, West Sussex, 1781 - > > .......... "a Cuckold Light" ............ > > Any ideas any one? > > All the best, > > Martyn >

Guy, That makes a lot of sense and is, I think, the answer. I have never heard of the expression before and it caused me to go running to the OED! Thanks very much All the best, Martyn ----- Original Message ---- From: Guy Etchells <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 6 December, 2006 12:08:15 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] FW: Meaning of Cuckold Light Roy wrote: > Subject: RE: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light > > AH! I think I see the "Light"!!! > > This does make a lot of sense to me even though I have never heard of this > item. > > The Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks seem very familiar to me and I wonder if > this refers to the shape of their structure, so that the emitted light is > somehow detached from its main lighting or made to concentrate in a > particular manner for a particular purpose and so is a separate light to the > others, hence it being included in the inventory? > > I must also say that when I said "Cuckold being an Adulteress" - this is of > course quite wrong as it describes a man who has been the victim of an > adulteress - written in haste to be brief I'm afraid! > > > Kind Regards > Roy LD Cox It is possibly a miss-spelling of a cuculled lamp or hooded lamp, i.e. it has a reflector to concentrate the light. Cheers Guy -- Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells The site that gives you facts not promises! http://anguline.co.uk/ Anguline Research Archives ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Allen and others It means 4 shillings for every pound being taxed - there were 20 shillings in the pound and so this means 20% tax. Liz P > >Richard, > >Very interesting! For us Yanks could you explain "4 shillings in the >£." Is this the same as saying 4 shillings? > >Allen Peterson > >In reply to the land tax and church tithes, land tax was assessed from >c1692 >to 1832 at the usual rate of 4 shillings in the £. Many of these tax >lists >can be found in county archives and are important historical documents. >They >usually give owner, occupier, type of either land or property inc >works, >windmill, house garden arable etc. as well as the measurement and value >of >tax paid. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb

Good Sunny Afternoon - Not at all sure if all parishes assessed property in the Churchwardens Accounts as the ones that I have come across and the one I transcribed, only gave what is nothing more than an income and expenditure account, how the income was spent and not how it was assessed. Certain elected members of the Vestry (Church Committee) would have that responsibility I think; the documents relating to the rate assessment, being kept in a separate book or ledger or as was often the case I think, on scraps of paper torn from books. I think the definitive answer to your question can be found in the 1841 tithe as far as the tithe is concerned. If I may try to briefly quote one of my sources: "Land Tax was first regularly imposed in 1697, on an assessment made in 1692." - "It was soon decided to confine assessments to real estate, some offices for profit, tithes and some buildings." - "The early records of collection were defective in compilation and very few survive." - "In 1772 the returns were altered to incorporate a list of all the occupiers of land in each parish." - "From 1780, duplicates had to be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace." - "In 1782, the proprietor was also shown and these deposited records are available down to 1831." The Federation of Family History Societies has a booklet guide available "Land Tax Assessments c.1690-1950. Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Griffiths Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OEL] Ecclesiasitical property and land I understand that parishes, in their churchwardens' account, not only assessed property and land for collecting tithes, but were also involved in assessing the same property and land for the national land tax. Does anyone know whether ecclesiastical property and land such as vicarages, parsonages and the church itself had to pay tithes and taxes in the 1700s and early 1800s? ~~ Keith Griffiths ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just in case people get a little confused by the comments from Lynn, the Poor Law Rate was in no way connected to church tithes. This was under the old poor law Elizabethan Act 1601 based upon the needs of the parish to cater for its poor. Once more each property was assessed for value, like the old Rating system and each house had to pay an amount fixed by the Parish (after a group called the Select Vestry under Gilberts Act) based upon the expenditure. These were called Church Lunes. Collected ever three months) Something, especially in industrial areas, there was even a fifth collection made if there was no money left to provide either poor houserelief or out door relief, 'dole' hence the name still used today 'on the dole'. Under the new poor law Act of 1834, a national body was set up and many new workhouses were built and districts were set up onto Unions, the combination of one parish with another. In some areas the Church Lune books have survived and again, like the tithe records give almost identical information, owner, occupier, property, land size and tax paid. Good info for family historian. Hope this helps to clarify the position. Richard Talbot

In reply to the land tax and church tithes, land tax was assessed from c1692 to 1832 at the usual rate of 4 shillings in the £. Many of these tax lists can be found in county archives and are important historical documents. They usually give owner, occupier, type of either land or property inc works, windmill, house garden arable etc. as well as the measurement and value of tax paid. Tithes were charged by the Established Church Only, not non-conformists and usually it was a Rectory. As the Rector as part of his income was his Glebe, he would certainly not pay tithes but remember tithes was not a tax it was based upon either minerals dug from the ground, ie coal or the product of the land either grown or living upon it, ie, pigs, chickens etc. This lasted although not in all areas until the Tithe computation Act of 1836 which the last mentioned was calculated in money terms and not one egg in every ten laid. By this time many land owners had purchased as a one off payment to the church any further annual payments. Many issues around Tithes as by this time with the rise in non-conformity, it was resented and much social unrest that the Church of England should benefit against the others churches. This is a really good subject to study in depth. Richard Talbot

Roy wrote: > Subject: RE: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light > > AH! I think I see the "Light"!!! > > This does make a lot of sense to me even though I have never heard of this > item. > > The Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks seem very familiar to me and I wonder if > this refers to the shape of their structure, so that the emitted light is > somehow detached from its main lighting or made to concentrate in a > particular manner for a particular purpose and so is a separate light to the > others, hence it being included in the inventory? > > I must also say that when I said "Cuckold being an Adulteress" - this is of > course quite wrong as it describes a man who has been the victim of an > adulteress - written in haste to be brief I'm afraid! > > > Kind Regards > Roy LD Cox It is possibly a miss-spelling of a cuculled lamp or hooded lamp, i.e. it has a reflector to concentrate the light. Cheers Guy -- Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells The site that gives you facts not promises! http://anguline.co.uk/ Anguline Research Archives

Its been so long that we have had something to chew over I forgot the list again! SORRY! Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: Roy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 10:27 AM To: 'mjcl' Subject: RE: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light AH! I think I see the "Light"!!! This does make a lot of sense to me even though I have never heard of this item. The Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks seem very familiar to me and I wonder if this refers to the shape of their structure, so that the emitted light is somehow detached from its main lighting or made to concentrate in a particular manner for a particular purpose and so is a separate light to the others, hence it being included in the inventory? I must also say that when I said "Cuckold being an Adulteress" - this is of course quite wrong as it describes a man who has been the victim of an adulteress - written in haste to be brief I'm afraid! Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mjcl Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 1:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light Hello Roy, I see where you are coming from on this! I'll give you a bit more context. It was grouped amongst a list of items in the kitchen:- "Four Heaters, a roasting Jack compleat, a Spit, a Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks, a Bell Brass Mortar" All the best, Martyn ----- Original Message ---- From: Roy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 5 December, 2006 4:03:31 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light Hazard a guess Martyn? Cuckold being an adulteress and a light, maybe a church window = A window that has replaced a matched collection or set?? Bit of sort of slang use as one definition is given of Cuckold "To make Cuckold of" Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mjcl Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light >From a probate inventory, Aldingbourne, West Sussex, 1781 - .......... "a Cuckold Light" ............ Any ideas any one? All the best, Martyn ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I understand that parishes, in their churchwardens' account, not only assessed property and land for collecting tithes, but were also involved in assessing the same property and land for the national land tax. Does anyone know whether ecclesiastical property and land such as vicarages, parsonages and the church itself had to pay tithes and taxes in the 1700s and early 1800s? ~~ Keith Griffiths

Richard, Very interesting! For us Yanks could you explain "4 shillings in the £." Is this the same as saying 4 shillings? Allen Peterson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 7:26 AM Subject: [OEL] Land tax In reply to the land tax and church tithes, land tax was assessed from c1692 to 1832 at the usual rate of 4 shillings in the £. Many of these tax lists can be found in county archives and are important historical documents. They usually give owner, occupier, type of either land or property inc works, windmill, house garden arable etc. as well as the measurement and value of tax paid. Tithes were charged by the Established Church Only, not non-conformists and usually it was a Rectory. As the Rector as part of his income was his Glebe, he would certainly not pay tithes but remember tithes was not a tax it was based upon either minerals dug from the ground, ie coal or the product of the land either grown or living upon it, ie, pigs, chickens etc. This lasted although not in all areas until the Tithe computation Act of 1836 which the last mentioned was calculated in money terms and not one egg in every ten laid. By this time many land owners had purchased as a one off payment to the church any further annual payments. Many issues around Tithes as by this time with the rise in non-conformity, it was resented and much social unrest that the Church of England should benefit against the others churches. This is a really good subject to study in depth. Richard Talbot ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

Hi Liz, A strange one! If it hasn't made the OED then its quite unusual. I like the idea of "out" or "in" signalling..... All the best, Martyn ----- Original Message ---- From: Elizabeth Agar <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 6 December, 2006 5:25:17 AM Subject: Re: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light How about a light to place on the window sill. Used to light someone's way home. Or as a signal to indicate the husband is away from the house! :-) Nothing I can find in the OED I'm afraid. Cheers, Liz in Melbourne Martyn said: > Hello Roy, > > I see where you are coming from on this! > > I'll give you a bit more context. It was grouped amongst a > list of items in the kitchen:- > > "Four Heaters, a roasting Jack compleat, a Spit, a > Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks, a Bell Brass Mortar" > > All the best, > > Martyn > Roy said: > Hazard a guess Martyn? Cuckold being an adulteress and a > light, maybe a > church window = A window that has replaced a matched > collection or set?? > > Bit of sort of slang use as one definition is given of > Cuckold "To make > Cuckold of" > Martyn said: > Subject: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light > > >From a probate inventory, Aldingbourne, West Sussex, 1781 - > > .......... "a Cuckold Light" ............ > > Any ideas any one? > > All the best, > > Martyn > ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Roy, I see where you are coming from on this! I'll give you a bit more context. It was grouped amongst a list of items in the kitchen:- "Four Heaters, a roasting Jack compleat, a Spit, a Cuckold Light Iron Candlesticks, a Bell Brass Mortar" All the best, Martyn ----- Original Message ---- From: Roy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 5 December, 2006 4:03:31 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light Hazard a guess Martyn? Cuckold being an adulteress and a light, maybe a church window = A window that has replaced a matched collection or set?? Bit of sort of slang use as one definition is given of Cuckold "To make Cuckold of" Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mjcl Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light >From a probate inventory, Aldingbourne, West Sussex, 1781 - .......... "a Cuckold Light" ............ Any ideas any one? All the best, Martyn ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hazard a guess Martyn? Cuckold being an adulteress and a light, maybe a church window = A window that has replaced a matched collection or set?? Bit of sort of slang use as one definition is given of Cuckold "To make Cuckold of" Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mjcl Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OEL] Meaning of Cuckold Light >From a probate inventory, Aldingbourne, West Sussex, 1781 - .......... "a Cuckold Light" ............ Any ideas any one? All the best, Martyn ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From a probate inventory, Aldingbourne, West Sussex, 1781 - .......... "a Cuckold Light" ............ Any ideas any one? All the best, Martyn