Monument record PAL 003 - Chapel of St Johns

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Summary

Site of chapel - mentioned in Domesday.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 09829 77589 (100m by 100m)
Map sheet TM07NE
Civil Parish PALGRAVE, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Site of chapel - mentioned in Domesday. Near parish boundary (S1). Chapel of St John: mentioned in the taxation of 1256; mentioned in a will 1433; lands belonging to chapel lying in Botesdale, granted in 1545 to Francis Boldero and Robert Parker. Chantry Certificate 1546 states that this was a free chapel, founder unknown, the incumbent then being Henry Cornwallis gent, a layman; `it is no parish church, but a chapel now decayed, half a mile from the parish church' (S2).

An architecutural and documentary investigation carried out in 2004 found no clear evidence for the presence of a chapel at this site and argues that it is more likely to have be located within the grounds of The Priory (S4 & S6).

Notes by Richard Lyon on the Chapel of St John suggest that the location of the Chapel is in the South East part of the walled garden (S6).

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <R1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM07NE14,.
  • <S1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, V 59; XX 108 109; map 27.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive : volumes, map.
  • <S2> (No record type): Redstone V B, Chapels, Chantries and gilds in Suffolk, PSIA 12, (1), 1904, 31 & 83.
  • <S3> (No record type): Redstone V B, Extracts from wills etc., showing history of Suffolk Churches, Chantries and guilds, P.
  • <S4> Unpublished document: Dowdy, M. 2004. Historical Architectural Survey: St John's House, Palgrave, Suffolk.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <S6> Unpublished document: Lyon, R.. 2021. Chapel of St John the Baptist, Palgrave Suffolk.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 15 2022 9:33AM

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