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Summary

Documentary references in the 16th and late 17th centuries to a chapel, part of the manor of Chamberhouse

Other Statuses and Cross-References

• Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01408.02.000
  
• National Monuments Record No.: SU 56 NW 22
  SU 5200 6565 - farmhouse on site of medieval manor house and chapel

Monument Type(s):

• CHANTRY CHAPEL (16th century to 17th century - 1530 AD to 1700 AD?)

Full Description

There is a documentary reference in a will dated 1530 <1>to the requirement to maintain a chantry in the chapel of Chamberhouse. The late 17th century antiquary Ashmole (1617-1692) gave the measurement of the chapel in his posthumously published history of Berkshire <2>. There do not seem to be any subsequent mentions of the chapel, and its exact location is unknown.

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