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A History of the County of Oxford
… the late-medieval community was prosperous enough to endow chantries and influential enough to acquire chartered …
A History of the County of Somerset
… for 1643-67 survives with the bishops' transcripts. 13 CHANTRIES Before 1285 Gilbert le Waleys of Woolavington built … a chapel in the churchyard in which he established three chantries. In 1285 St. John's hospital, Bridgwater, undertook … originally dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the chantries were also named after her or the founder, but …
A History of the County of York
… in important cities, received many endowments for chantries. An unusually early example of a chantry with a … the north wall of the church. 54 At least 55 perpetual chantries are known to have existed within the minster, of … dates. The number of altars in the minster increased as chantries were founded. In 1364 there were fewer than 20 in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the reign of Edward I. by the act for the dissolution of chantries, James I., in 1622, on the petition of the …