In message <20041002155630.93299.qmail@web86503.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>, mjcl <mjcl@btinternet.com> writes >Hello list, > >Quick query - > >>From probate inventory 1648, West Dean, West Sussex - > >"Item a gosoping Cupp 0 - 1 - 0" > >Can anyone please help with what this is? > >I know that a gossip was a godparent - does this have any connection. yes - though whether it is a christening cup given by the testator's godparents or one bouyght in readiness for handing to a godchild is uncertain/ Traditionally, they were small and silver -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society