medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
>
> MANY thanks for this! Since it may be a while til I can get my hands
> on a copy, does it say anything about burial WITHIN a church?
> And while I´m on the topic - what about regulations concerning
> the performance of sacraments such as baptism and marriage
> in churches vs. chapels (i.e. that the status of the building
> determines
> what rites can be celebrated there)?
I don't think it's the status of the building as such, as its relationship
to the parish church. Take, for example, the private chapel at The Vyne in
Hampshire (then Sherborne Cowdray in the parish of Sherborne St John - just
to confuse you further, the parish church is St Andrew!). Here there were
restrictions on the type of services: baptisms but not marriages, I believe.
The chaplain was to sit at the lord of the manor's table, but to be paid by
the Rector. The chapel was re-endowed as a chantry in the fourteenth
century: the chaplain was then to be responsible for the furnishings, but
the lord of the manor was to maintain the fabric of both the nave and the
chancel.
John Briggs
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