medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>I was also wondering
about the function of chapels in the medieval period. Am I right in
thinking that they were generally reserved for Mass, and that burial, baptism
and marriage services were performed >at
the parish church? I can think of one or two cases where chapels had
their own accounts (Berry Tower, Bodmin for instance). Was this common?
>Dr Ellie Pridgeon
Broad Blunsden, a chapelry of Highworth, Wiltshire,
has accounts dating from 1606, but it’s not clear whether they kept them
before the Reformation.
[Just to be topical there are entries
relating to shovelling snow out of the church]
Ane