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Old 19-09-20, 10:12
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Default 1681 A glazier

I have the will of Charles Lamb of Huntingdon for 1681. He is OH's 8x-great uncle. This man was a Glazier.

This got me thinking; what would have his job entailed then? He was baptised in 1619. How common was glass in the home? Perhaps he worked in churches? Did the term "glazier" mean the same then as today?
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This might help:

https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/win...-brief-history
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Kate, thanks. It would appear it was a trade that catered for the well-off. This man was the son of Robert Lamb and his wife Susanna Cervington. The Cervingtons (sometimes spelt with an S) were a moderately affluent family with connections with the Cromwell family.
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One of my ancestors was described as a glazier and plumber. Someone told me that the connection between the two was that both trades used lead.

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Old 19-09-20, 13:21
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Indeed, OC.

From the will of Charles Lamb:

"And moreover I give unto the said Mary my wife all my moveable goods and Chattells both within Dores and without of what nature sort or kinde soever they bee; with the tooles ^ glass lead ^ and appurtenances belonging to my trade and all whatsoever that is called myne or knowne to be myne"
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At the Weald and Downland today, chatting to one of the volunteers, who said that cheaper better glass started to be produced in the 1500s, so that it would have been more widespread a century later. I think that in the 1600s, windows would still be regarded as fittings, that could be removed from the house, not left behind if you moved out.
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Glaziers may have had a rough time when the window tax came into force in 1696.
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