274 Ancient Chapels, &c., in Co. Wilts. 
in existence before 1291, in which year the “ Rector’s” in- 
come was valued by the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, at £2 per 
annum. He had another benefice. The first institution is in 
1304, the last 1395, After being united to Boyton, it seems 
to have fallen to decay. It is not noticed in the Valor of 
Hen. VIII.: and no trace of it remains. A place called 
Chapel Hole, between Boyton and Corton, is pointed out by 
the rustics as the spot where a church was once swallowed up 
by diabolical agency. Sir R. C. Hoare concurs with the tra- 
dition so far as to think that the chapel stood not far from the 
spot. [History of Heytesbury, p. 218. ] 
Corton, (a/ids Corston) in Hilmerton parish, (Hundred of Kings- 
bridge.) The Free Chapel of Corton was, A.D. 1344, in the 
gift of the family of Russell of Bradenstoke: by whose heiress 
Johanna, wife of Quatermaine, it was sold in 1434 to Walter 
Lord Hungerford, K.G. By a Deed of 1442 (a copy of which 
is in my possession), Lord Hungerford annexed it to the 
chantry of St. Mary in Heytesbury church. Yet presentations 
to Corton or Corston chapel, occur in the Wilts Institutions 
at a later date: and in 1 Edw. VI. (1547), as appears bya 
Survey in the Court of Augmentations, the Free Chapel of 
Corton in Hilmerton, was returned as worth £3 6s. 8d. a year: 
William Standyshe aged 40 years, being the Incumbent. The 
chapel is destroyed. The site is traditionally pointed out in 
a field on the western side of Corton farm house, on the slope 
of the downs. It is named on the map of the Valor Eccles. 
Cowsrietp Lovrraz. See Whiteparish infrd. 
CowsrieLp Sritman. See ditto. 
Cricxtapg. In 1547 (1. Edw. VI.) there was here a free chapel 
of St. John in the priory or hospital of St. John. The prefect 
was collated by the Bishop of Salisbury. Thomas Parham, 
aged 70 years, was incumbent. Value per ann. £4 15s. 8d. 
It is mentioned in the Rolls of Parliament, ii., 413.: and in 
Prynne iii., 709, as here in 25 Edw. I. No remains of it are 
to be found. 
CuMBERWELL, now in the district of Christ Church, Bradford on 

