William Wyld ⁴⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Tallow Chandler, 1750, Woodborough, Nottingham, England. ³ William would have taken over the running of his father's Tallow Chandler business in about 1750.

In England, both the wax chandlers and the tallow chandlers formed their own guilds. Wax chandlers were considered more upper class than tallow chandlers. Their business was also more profitable because people were prepared to pay more for a wax candle.The English Tallow Chandlers were incorporated in 1462 and they regulated trade in candles made from animal fats.
The quality of candle light depended upon the type of material used. Beeswax, for example, gave off a much brighter light than tallow. In addition to tallow and beeswax, another material known as spermaceti became popular for candlemaking. Spermaceti was derived from the oil present in the head cavities of sperm whales. These candles burned with a very bright light- so bright that a spermaceti candle flame was used as a standard light measure for photometry (the science of light measurement). Spermaceti candles were slightly cheaper than beeswax candles but are no longer made because of environmental concerns.

• History: The Nottingham Date Book, 23 Aug 1750, Woodborough, Nottingham, England. The Nottingham Date Book records that at about 7am on 23 Aug 1750 a severe shock from an earthquake was felt in Nottingham and the surrounding district.

• History: Gregorian Calendar, 3 Sep 1752. The Gregorian or New Style Calendar came into effect. 3 September was, by an Act of Parliament, reckoned to be the 14 September. New Year's Day became the 1 January instead of 25 March.

• History: Local, The Nottingham Date Book, 1760, Nottingham, England. In the Nottingham Date Book an advertisement appeared for the London to Sheffield Flying Machines, with steel springs. The coaches set out at 5am on Mondays and Thursdays and had overnight stops at the Angel Inn, Northampton, and the Blackmoor's Head Inn, Nottingham.

• History: Local, The Nottingham Date Book, 11 Oct 1769, Nottingham, England. ³ A young woman, 19 years of age, having been convicted of obtaining goods by false pretenses, was stripped to the waist in the Market Place (this being market day) and publicly whipped, by order of the Court of Quarter Sessions.

• History: Glasshouse Mountains, 17 May 1770, Queensland, Australia. Captain James Cook named the Glasshouse Mountains in Queensland on 17 May 1770 as he sailed past what is now Caloundra and Moreton Bay. The volcanic plugs reminded him of the glasshouses in England used to grow tomatoes.

• Grave Stone, Jun 1780, Woodborough, Nottingham, England. William WYLD's gravestone is still standing in Saint Swithun's Cemetry, and reads:

WILLIAM WYLD
died 31 May 1780 aged 68
"Has left 7 children to mourne the loss of a most indulgent and effectionate parent, and the poor a sincere and steady friend."

William's wife Elizabeth was buried 2 years later in an adjoining grave.

• History: Calverton Enclosures, 7 Jul 1780, Calverton, Nottingham, England. ³ The document for the Calverton Enclosures in the Nottingham Record Office runs to 117 pages of hand written text. This needs further study to determine the ownership of Cow Close (mentioned in the 1666 will of Christopher WYLD.
On page 93 an allotment is made to the heirs of the late William WYLD. This accounts for seven acres, one rood, and twenty six perches, adjacent to the High Road from Calverton to Woodborough. This land is declared freehold.
Also declared freehold to William's heirs, part of an Ancient Enclosure called Hardy's Croft containing one rood and six perches, and two other parcels of land containing together seven acres, two roods, and thirty two perches.

William married Elizabeth Johnson on 6 Jul 1741 in Egmanton, Nottingham, England ¹.^,45 (Elizabeth Johnson was born in 1710 in ?? Egmanton, Nottingham, England and died on 23 Jun 1778 in Woodborough, Nottingham, England.)