Middle English Dictionary Entry
chaunterīe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | chaunterīe n.(1) Also cha(u)ntrie, cha(u)ntre, chauntuarie. |
| Etymology | OF cha(u)nterie & chantüaire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The chanting or singing of mass.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)63 : Fro þe kyng watz cummen with knyȝtes into þe halle, þe chauntre of þe chapel cheued to an ende.
2.
(a) An endowment for the maintenance of one or several priests to sing daily mass for the soul of the founder; also, such a position held by a priest; bien (founden) ~, endow a chantry; (b) the chapel or altar of a church where such masses are sung.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.510 : He sette nat his benefice to hyre..And ran to Londoun, vn to Seint Poules, To seken hym a chauntrye for soules.
- (1423) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.134/117 : Peris hattere, draper..endited for withholdynge of iiij li. of a chaunterie, the wich is bequeth be testament..to the chirch of seint Margaret patyns.
- (1430) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.280 : Except ye landes gyffen to my mesondieu and to my Chauntry.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)67 : Talages off Chauntres.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)71 : Chawnterye: Cantaria.
- (1442) RParl.5.57a : If it myght appere, that the sommez of the Assignementz or of the Revenuz..wolde not suffice for paiement for the Kyngez dettez..and for perfourmyng of his Chaunterye and of his Toumbe.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)127/4 : Whan þou..byest a benefyse..or chauntrye for temperall lucre.
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.74/34 : I haue apoynted xx li..for ij Prestis to singe perpetuelly for the sowles of me, my wiff, and of oure Awncesters..I wol that my feoffes..paie xx li. yerly to the susteyning of my said Chauntery.
- (1456) Paston (Gairdner)3.67 : My maister wille comyn with yow for the moyens of a chauntuarye to be founded of the place ye wote off.
- (1459) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.lvii : An annuel rent of xxj marks for a chauntry of iij prestes.
- (1472) Will Cobbe in Archaeol.Cant.13462 : A Chauntrie of 4 priests to singe in the chirch of Newchurch, and none other place, takyng every priest 12 marcs by ye yere.
- (1472) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3257 : Consideryng the greet charge and losse which we have yerely bi the Princes Chantry..that we may labur to the Court of Rome to be dischargid of the said chantry.
b
- (1418) EEWills31/15 : Twey honestes prestes to singe goddys seruice for my soule..in the Chaunterie of the Chirche of Seint Leonarde..be vij ȝere.
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3021 : I wyte unto my chauntry in ye chapell of Sancte Anne opon Fossebrigg in York my beste vestment, my best Missall, and my best chaleys, evermore for to serve to yat same chauntry.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30130 : My bodye to be beried in the kirke of Willughby before the autre of the chauntry of oure Ladie.
- (1467) Will Sus.in Sus.RS 45163 : The light brennyng before the aulter of the Chauntery of our lady of Stenyng.
3.
(a) ~ bok, a mass book for the chantry; (b) ~ prest, a priest endowed to sing daily mass for souls.
Associated quotations
a
- (1469) Invent.All Sts.in BGAS 2487 : [In the] Jnventary of masse-bokes [is] the Chauntry booke.
b
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5301 : I wol that Sr Johu Middleton, which is chauntry preest in the cherche of Colmoord, haue..xl s. yerely of my cofres duryng his lif.
- (1449) RParl.5.153 : All maner Prests Seculers, Stipendiaries, and Chaunterie Prestes within yis youre Realme.
- (1467) Will Sus.in Sus.RS 45165 : That the chauntery preest there..sey every day in his masse after the Gospell..De profundis clamavi.
- (1470) LRed Bk.Bristol2.133 : The Chantre prestes of Eborard ffrench.
- (1472) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3257 : We being oonly bownde to fynde the sied chantry-prests wex, and brede, and wyne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.199 : This is the..ordenaunce of Johanne Hallewey..establisshid for the gode reule of a chaunterie laat foundid bi the saide Johanne..in the Chirche of Allehalwis for euermore.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.200 : At euery voidaunce of the saide Chaunterie of a preest..the Maire of Bristowe..shall yeue the saide Chaunterie to the saide preest ..withoute any lette.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.200 : Which Maire and his successours y will, establissh, ordeine and graunte..to be..patrouns of the saide Chaunterie.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.200 : The saide preste..put in possession of the saide Chaunterie shall be expectant and attendaunt in the saide Chaunterie.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.202 : That the procuratours..of the saide chirch and thair successours..levee and gadre of all the rentis, issues and profites of the saide landis and tenementis..belonging to the saide Chaunterie.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.205 : That the saide procuratours..yelde accomptis of all thinges and summes of money bi tham paide and resceiued of the liflood and profites belonging to the saide Chaunterie..And all summes of monei..remainyng in the handis of the saide procuratours..shall be suerli kept for the welfare of the saide Chaunterie and good mentenaunce thereof and alle thinges therto belonging.
Note: Additional quots. for sense 2.(a).
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)548 : For alle these sowlys I vndirtake, A chauntery [vr. chantrey] here wul I lete make, X prestis syngynge til domysday.
Note: Quot. postdates sense 2.(b).
Note: New form: Also..chantrei.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.202 : Y the saide Johanne wille..that the saide preest..be paide for his salarie..in ministring the saide deuine seruice in the saide Chaunterie..vj li. vj s. viij d.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.203 : That the saide prest..kepe all the Vestmentis, Juelx, ornamentis and other goodes belonging to the saide Chaunterie..withoute any dispoiling..and no Juel, ornament nor other goodis belonging to the auter of the saide Chaunterie lei to plegge, sill, waste nor dispende.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.205 : That the saide procuratours..pai..to the saide Vicarie..for his diligence in the saide Obite, and for to be welwilled in the Chaunterie iij s. iiij d.
Note: Supplementary material for sense 2.(b).
Note: There may be confusion in some of the LRed Bk.Bristol quots. whether chaunterīe means the endowment for the priest(s) to say masses, the position itself held by the priest, or the church where such masses are said.--all notes per MLL