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Nicholas Eiffler

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Andiron
Carpenters' marks
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Close studding
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Earthenware
Glazier
Horn
Inventory
Jetty
Joint
 Oak
Pewter
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Plank
Skillet
Stone plinth
Tallow
Thatch
Timber
Trencher
Wattle and daub

candles

Tallow

This is animal fat. The Tudors used this to make the candles. If you were poor you would have a tallow candle. It was very smoky and smelly. Charlotte

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