medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Ellie Pridgeon <[log in to unmask]>
> We are trying to trace a chapel (of ease) which was once located in the
parish of Llangarron (Llangarren) in Herefordshire. The chapel served the
settlement
of Llangrove (Longrove). The only evidence so far is an
eighteenth-century map (site marked 'chapel: ruin'), field names (Chapel
Meadow etc), limited earthworks and eye-witnesses evidence of stones on the
site during the earlier years of the twentieth century. I have also
advised examining Bishops' Registers and wills in the hope of a passing
reference. Does anyone have any suggestions to other sources we could
examine?
hi Ellie,
i know less than nothing about Herefordshire in particular, but in France
there were sporadic "Pouillés" of most dioceses, many of which have survived
(the earliest date from the later 13th c., the latest from the 18th) and have
been published by the Academie des inscriptions et belles lettres (and are
available on http:www.gallica.bnf).
these were a kind of census of the ecclesiastical institutions of the diocese,
arranged by archdeaconry, listing all of them, from the cathedral down to the
parish church level (and, i should think, even including "chapels of ease,"
whatever the hell they might have been).
the "ownership" of lesser churches is noted, along with their income/value and
the number of souls they served.
i would be surprised if this were not a European-wide phenomenon.
though what might have happened to the practice in England after Hank8's
"reforms" is another question.
but, i would think that any well-run diocese, in any period, would have to
have had some sort of similar "census" in order just to tell What's What and
Who Owned What, etc.
c
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