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Offline Vimeira

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Re: Help with a word from an old will please?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 11 April 23 10:45 BST (UK) »
Yes, it does look like a yogh, thanks. Maybe a misspelling of chandelier?

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Re: Help with a word from an old will please?
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 11 April 23 11:01 BST (UK) »
On balance, I still think in the middle it's a k, rather than an l or d.

But if I'm wrong, and at a big stretch, it could be a variant local spelling for chaunlor/chaundlor, meaning candlestick. Brass candlesticks are commonly found in probate inventories etc.

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Re: Help with a word from an old will please?
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 11 April 23 11:33 BST (UK) »
I need a list of 17th-C Staffordshire dialect words! I'm about to attempt the inventory so maybe something will emerge there.
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