Chantry chapel; Chantry
A small chapel, sometimes in a larger church, where priests said masses for the souls of the dead. In the Medieval period rich people often paid priests, (sometimes as hermits), to pray for them and their ancestors hoping it would make it easier for them in Heaven. These required Royal permission - but were suppressed as part of the Reformation in 1547AD.
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