NHER 14425 (Monument record) - Site of medieval chapel of St Thomas a Becket

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Summary

This is the site of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Thomas a Becket. It was founded in the time of King John by Sir Thomas de Ingoldisthorp. This building was mentioned from 1254-1428 as a parochial chapel to Tilney and was served by chaplains until around 1550. Its precise location is not known.

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Location

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Civil Parish TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Near Kenwick Hall (TF 5750 1960).
Site of parochial chapel of St Thomas a Becket.
See (S1) (quoted OS card).
WNBC notes that Kenwick Hall which is 18th century has some 'older' walling at the rear, but cannot say how much older and it may have no connection with the chapel.
E. Rose (NAU) 10 July 1987.

Mentioned from 1254 to 1428 as parochial chapel to Tilney, this was served by chaplains until around 1550.
Source (S2) copy in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 15 September 1997.

'Free chapel in St Thomas in Renwick in Tilney'.
Listed in Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535).
Founded in the time of King John by Sir Thomas de Ingoldisthorp (S3).
Information from (S4).
J. Allen (NLA) 3 July 2003.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 51 NE 1.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Messent, C. J. W. 1931. The Ruined Churches of Norfolk. p 126.
  • <S2> Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 185; p 54.
  • <S3> Publication: Taylor, R. C. 1821. Index Monasticus.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Wood, R. 1999. The Chantry Certificates of Norfolk: Towards a Partial Reconstruction. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 287-306.

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Record last edited

Sep 20 2017 1:01PM

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