Monument record 1160/1/7 - Lower Chapel (or Queens Chapel)

{1}Survey of 1322-3 also mentions Lower Chapel;
{14}Queen's Chapel clearly part of C13th great hall complex but probably built some time later than main chambers; first documented orders for construction materials in 1246;
{9}King's marriage in 1236 was followed in course of next 12 years by various improvements in queen's apartments & provision of chapel for her personal use; chapel burned down in 1318;
{8}Reference to building of Queen's Chapel in 1247;
{4}In 1249 sherrif ordered to put bars into windows of queen's chapel along with new doors & lattice beyond doors;
{3}In 1248 sheriff ordered to wainscote & put glass windows into Queen's Chapel; also to find chaplain to celebrate daily;
{2}In 1246 sheriff ordered to find timber to build chapel for queen at Northampton Castle;
{7}One of two chapels in castle known as Queen's Chapel; frequently documented & appears to have been built in 1246; location of chapel not known;
{6}From Liberate Rolls deduce that there were two chapels in castle; one in keep for use of king & second elsewhere for use of queen; early C14th survey found that lower chapel had been destroyed by fire in 1318;
{5}Lower chapel was destroyed by fire circa 1318; estimated costs of repair in 1323;

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.334 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Calendar of Close Rolls (undated), 31 Henry III/M.6 (unchecked) (Document). SNN2187.

<3> Calendar of Liberate Rolls, 33 Henry III/memb.11 (unchecked) (Document). SNN3497.

<4> Calendar of Liberate Rolls, 33 Henry III/memb.3 (unchecked) (Document). SNN3497.

<5> MISCELLANEOUS CHANCERY INQUISITIONS, (unchecked) (Document). SNN4302.

<6> Serjeantson R.M., 1907, The Castle of Northampton, p.22 (checked) (Article). SNN4129.

<7> Serjeantson R.M., 1908, The Castle of Northampton, p.57 (checked) (Article). SNN3900.

<8> 1242-47, Calendar of Close Rolls (1242-47), p.522 (unchecked) (Document). SNN3917.

<9> Brown R.A.; Colvin H.M.; Taylor, 1963, The History of The Kings' Works (Vol.II), p.750-53 (checked) (Series). SNN3801.

<10> Calendar of Liberate Rolls, 1240-5/232+249 (unchecked) (Document). SNN3497.

<11> Calendar of Liberate Rolls, 1245-51/137+191+212+247 (unchecked) (Document). SNN3497.

<12> Calendar of Pipe Rolls, 29 Henry III rot.8 (unchecked) (Document). SNN3785.

<13> Calendar of Pipe Rolls, 33 Henry III rot.16 (unchecked) (Document). SNN3785.

<14> Chapman A., Northampton Castle: A Review of The Evidence, (checked) (Unpublished Report). SNN2966.

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Mar 25 2025 2:39PM