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Nicholas Orme has a nice article about chapels called "The
Other Parish Churches: Chapels in Late Medieval England,"
in <I>The Parish in Late Medieval England<I>, Harlaxton
Medieval Studies, XIV, eds. Clive Burgess and Eamon Duffy
(Donington: Shaw Tyas, 2006), 78-95. I seem to recall that
he spends some time on the confusion over the various
functions/roles of buildings and spaces all called
chapels.
Katherine French
On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:06:46 +0000
Jon Cannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Ellie,
>
> I've just (about) completed a survey of Berkeley acts of
>religious patronage in the period c1300-c1350, and one
>thing that struck me was the number and variety of
>chapels there were in the landscape besides the parish
>churches. For example the core Berkeley estate in central
>Gloucestershire contained six parishes but just as many
>chapels: some closely associated with lordly or knightly
>residences, some on sites that the family were clearly
>hoping to develop in other ways, some just 'there', a
>mile or two from the nearest church. I only come across
>them because one lord Berkeley or another founds a
>memorial mass in one; it's rarely possible to tell if the
>chapel has been newly built for this purpose, or if it
>has stood on the site for some time. I've never found any
>indication of any activities other than the saying of
>masses at the altar. Physical remains are sparse. I'll
>happily send you the draft if any use.
>
> Anyway, the main tip I have relates to chantry
>certificates. These will include any religious building
>where a chantry was known to be taking place at the
>Dissolution; the value of any plate is usually given, and
>sometimes of origins of chantries, too. While not
>complete - no continuing memorial masses (sometimes
>simple obits get in) in 1547, no mention - they are a v
>useful way of tracking down wayside chapels, and getting
>some kind of sense of how richly furnished (or not) they
>were and what went on in them.
>
> While you could consult the certificates themselves,
>many are published, often in the county journal relating
>to the area concerned. Citations for the complete
>published chantry certificates in Gloucestershire and
>Somerset where locatable in seconds using the respective
>archaeological societies' websites, which include indices
>of all articles published to date. Fascinating reading
>they make, too. Hopefully something like that will exist
>for S Wales counties, too.
>
> Jon
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> PS
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> This isn't the paper I've been talking to you about...
>we must talk about that.
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>> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 17:26:46 +0000
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [M-R] Chapels
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
>>religion and culture
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>> Later episcopal visitations sometimes asked about
>>chapels which had gone out of use.
>> The crucial distinction is supposed to be between
>>chapels of ease (used for Mass and presumably other
>>services as well but without rights of baptism, marriage
>>and burial) and parochial chapelries (which did have such
>>rights) - but as I'm aware of several medieval chapelries
>>in south Wales which were described as chapels of ease
>>but have evidence of burials I wonder whether that's
>>really a post-medieval distinction.
>>
>> Maddy
>>
>>
>> Dr Madeleine Gray
>> Reader in History
>> School of Education/Ysgol Addysg
>> University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd
>> Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion,
>> Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3QT Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675
>>
>> 'Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than
>>curse the darkness' (Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms)
>>
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>>[[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Rosemary
>>Hayes-Milligan and Andrew Milligan
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>> Subject: Re: [M-R] Chapels
>>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
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>> Ellie, you should certainly look at registers of the
>>bishops of Hereford.
>> The Canterbury and York Society has published the
>>following
>>
>> Registrum Ade de Orleton, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1317-27 ed. Bannister
>> (1908). (vol 5)
>> Registrum Ricardi de Swinfield, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1283-1317 ed. Capes
>> (1909). (vol 6)
>> Registrum Johannes de Trillek, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1344-1361 ed. Parry
>> (1912). (vol 8)
>> Registrum Thome de Charlton, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1327-1344 ed. Capes
>> (1913). (vol 9)
>> Registrum Ludowici de Charltone, episcopi
>>Herefordiensis, 1361-1370 ed.
>> Parry (CYS, 14; Cantilupe Society publications). (1914).
>>(vol 14)
>> Registrum Willelmi de Courtenay, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1370-1375 ed. Capes
>> (1914). (vol 15)
>> Registrum Johannis Gilbert, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1375-1389 ed. Parry
>> (CYS, 18; Cantilupe Society publications). (1915). (vol
>>18)
>> Registrum Johannis Trefnant, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1389-1404 ed. Capes
>> (1916). (vol 20)
>> Registrum Roberti Mascall, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1404-1416; introduction
>> noted by C. Johnston transcr. Parry (CYS, 21; Cantilupe
>>Society
>> publications). (1917). (vol 21)
>> Registrum Edmundi Lacy, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1417-1420 transcr. Parry &
>> Capes; Registrum Thome Poltone, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1420-1422; 1417-1420
>> transcr. J.H. Parry, ed. A.T. Bannister; 1420-1422
>>transcr. W.W. Capes (CYS,
>> 22; Cantilupe Society publications). (1918). (vol 22)
>> Registrum Thome Spofford, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1422-1448 ed. Bannister
>> (1919). (vol 23)
>> Registrum Ricardi Beauchamp, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1449-1450; registrum
>> Reginaldi Boulers, episcopi Herefordensis 1441
>>[1450]-1453; registrum
>> Johannis Stanbury, episcopi Herefordensis, 1453-1474 ;
>>ed. Bannister;
>> register of John Stanbury transcr. J.H. Parry (CYS, 25;
>>Cantilupe Society
>> publications). (1919). (vol 25)
>> Registrum Thome Myllyng, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1474-1492 ed. Bannister
>> (1920). (vol 26)
>> Registrum Ricardi Mayew, episcopi Herefordensis, 1504-16
>>ed. Bannister
>> (1921).(vol 27)
>> Registrum Caroli Bothe, episcopi Herefordensis,
>>1516-1535 ed. Bannister
>> (1921). (vol 28)
>>
>>
>> You should also look at the Calendars of Papal Letters
>>and also perhaps the
>> Calendars of Chancery Rolls (Patent, Close, Fine) for
>>odd references.
>>
>> For chapels of ease in general:
>>
>> As so often, I suggest you look at A Hamilton Thompson,
>>The English Clergy
>> in the later Middle Ages (Oxford, 1947), pp 123-8 for
>>his piece on parochial
>> chapels as a starting point.
>>
>> See also RN Swanson, Church and Society in Late Medieval
>>England (Oxford,
>> 1989)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> You might therefore find it useful to look at the online
>>database of
>> taxation records help in The National Archives class E
>>179
>>
>> http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179
>>
>> There are 121 hits for a search on the place of
>>Llangarron 'chapel'
>> including a mention of the Llangarron chaplain in the
>>1380 clerical poll
>> tax; and Llangarron chaplains in a 1406 tax on
>>unbeneficed clergy. However,
>> I cannot see anything for Llangrove/Longrove.
>>
>> You should also look at the 19th century editions of the
>>Taxatio of
>> Nicholas IV and the Valor Ecclesiasticus - although I
>>note that the Taxatio
>> database has nothing for Longrove/Llangrove
>>
>> I hope this is of some help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rosemary Hayes
>>
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