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