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Not so with regard to ancient " Chapels." There is some little diffi- 

 culty in forming an exact list of these, owing in great measure to 

 the various uses of the word "Chapel." Some large churches that 

 are now, and for centuries have been, parish churches, are only 

 described as " Capellce " in ancient Latin documents. Then there 

 were " Free Chapels," " Chantry Chapels," or " Chantries " only : 

 some endowed, many unendowed, so far as appears : some solitary 

 and apart ; others within the area of a parish church. The name is 

 also often given to aisles, terminations of aisles, or transepts in 

 parish churches ; (many of which appear to have been merely 

 burial places for particular families :) also to small oratories and 

 shrines by the way-side, at cross roads, or on bridges ; for pilgrims 

 to rest and say their prayers, or make some offering for the repair 

 of the bridge or road. There were likewise Domestic chapels, but 

 these were generally within the houses of the nobility and gentry. 

 Old chapels, in short, either real or traditional, are abundant ; and 

 it is for the very purpose of distinguishing the one from the 

 other, and of showing what grounds there may be for the 

 tradition in any particular place, that the following List has been 

 drawn out. I do not undertake to say that nothing is omitted : 

 but it contains all the information upon the subject that has fallen 

 under my notice during many years. 



J. E. J. 



Abbeston. See Whiteparish infrd. 



Aldbourne (near Marlborough, Hundred of Selkley). In this 

 church was a chantry called "Our Lady's Guild," or, "The 

 Fraternity of the B. Y. M." Its possessions are described in 

 the Certificate of Chantries (Certif. 58, No. 56). Adam Herryett 

 was cantarist, 1. Edw. vi. There is a brass in Aldbourne 

 Chancel to Henry Frekylton, cantarist, A.D. 1508. [Kite's 

 Wilts. Brasses, p. 43.] 



All Cannings, (Swanborough Hundred.) In the Protector Duke 

 of Somerset's Register of Estates at Longleat, is mention of 

 " 6s. 8d., Rent of the Chapel of St. Anne." 



