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1. colonialbrewer.com › 2020/07/11 › the-colonial-chandlerThe Colonial Chandler – Michael Carver — Historical ...

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   Jul 11, 2020 · Candles were made by either dipping a wick in molten wax or pouring that wax into a mold around the wick. By the late 1700s, many of the candles used in the American colonies were produced by commercial chandlers. Soap is a natural by-product of candle making, so many chandleries also sold soap.

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3. www.tallowchandlers.org › from-candles-to-charityFrom Candles to Charity | The Tallow Chandlers' Company

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   As early as 1300, we can see evidence of tallow chandlers working together to support the candle making trade. This can be seen in the 1300 ‘Assize of Candles’ where Matthew le Chaundler ‘and his fellows’ were involved in setting the price of candles throughout the City.

4. the-history-girls.blogspot.com › 2018 › 01Trade in the 17th Century - The Tallow Chandler

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   Jan 13, 2018 · In rural areas, where no Livery Company existed, chandlers would sometimes go from house to house with their moulds, making candles from the kitchen fats saved for that purpose, or in smaller towns they made and sold their own candles from a shop.

5. www.tallowchandlers.org › the-company › historyThe City of London and the Tallow Candle Trade

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   Craftsmen of the Tallow Chandlers Company produced candles that not only lit the homes of Londoners but also their streets. In the early Middle Ages, London’s streets were dangerous places at night, with the risk of accidents and robbery being particularly high.

6. www.themeltco.com › blog › lighting-the-way-a-briefA Quick History of Candle Making and Chandlery - Melt

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   Apr 19, 2018 · Apart from specialist candle makers like us, chandlery is used to refer to portside supermarkets for sailors. They’ve been there for centuries – for a lot of history, chandlers supplied sailors with candles for their ongoing voyages.

7. www.lovetoknow.com › home › design-decorHow Did Colonial People Make Candles? - LoveToKnow

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   May 24, 2018 · Molded candles were uniform in shape, so they looked nicer; however, spermaceti candles burned brighter and were firmer so they tended not to lose their shape. Chandlers made spermaceti candles by taking crystallized sperm whale oil and pouring it into candle molds and allowing it to harden.

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   How did Chandlers make candles?

   • In rural areas, where no Livery Company existed, chandlers would sometimes go from house to house with their moulds, making candles from the kitchen fats saved for that purpose, or in smaller towns they made and sold their own candles from a shop.

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   How did Tallow Chandlers support the candle making trade?

   • As early as 1300, we can see evidence of tallow chandlers working together to support the candle making trade. This can be seen in the 1300 ‘Assize of Candles’ where Matthew le Chaundler ‘and his fellows’ were involved in setting the price of candles throughout the City.

   From Candles to Charity | The Tallow Chandlers' Company

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   How did the Chandlers make a living?

   • Masters and their apprentices worked upwards of sixteen hours a day in these workshops, transforming tallow supplied by butchers into dipped and moulded candles. These early Chandlers worked hard to make a living among the busy and often cutthroat trade of Medieval London, often taking on side-line ventures such as trading herrings and butter.

   The City of London and the Tallow Candle Trade

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   How did colonists make candles?

   • While colonists often bought cotton wick, they typically made enough candles to last for the year. Candles were most commonly made by dipping during colonial times in households, especially during the early colonial period. However, candle makers, or chandlers, started using molds as well. The process for dipping candles was fairly straightforward:

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   How did a Chandler make a light?

   • The resultant mush was pressed to extract the 'juice', or tallow, and the remains or 'greaves' fed to the dogs or pigs, and even to the geese that were being fattened up for market.To produce a pure light, the chandler must wrestle with dead animal carcasses, and the associated smell and mess.

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   Why did Matthew Le Chaundler set the price of candles?

   • This can be seen in the 1300 ‘Assize of Candles’ where Matthew le Chaundler ‘and his fellows’ were involved in setting the price of candles throughout the City. The ‘Assize’ resulted in an altercation between the chandlers and a servant of the King’s Clerk, the latter of whom struck Matthew le Chaundler over a rise in candle prices.

   From Candles to Charity | The Tallow Chandlers' Company

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9. www.waxchandlers.org.uk › about › wax-chandlerThe Wax Chandler Ordinances of 1371 – Wax Chandlers

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   Chandlers did not just sell candles, they set up displays for funerals and obits, and supplied all the necessary equipment, notably the iron candle stands, known as hearses. In 1422 Wax Chandler, Simon Prentot’s charged an astronomical £300, the equivalent of perhaps £200,000 for setting up hearses in various locations in London ...