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Chapel(l, Chaipell, n. Also: chapele, -elle, -ill, chaple; chapale (chepal); chaiple, chaippill; chappal, chappel(l. [ME. chapel(l, chapelle (-ylle, -aile), chapele (a 1225), OF. chapele. See also Cheppell and Schapel.]

1. A chapel.Very common between 1400 and 1550 in the form chapel(l.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 888.
The nycht thai cuth duel With that tresoure in a chapele 1405 James of Douglas Letter to Henry IV in Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 59.
Yhour men com within our lorde the kyngis awin propir lande of Arane … & brynt his chapelle 1387 Edinb. Chart. 35.
Tha ylk men sal mak in ylk chapel of the four a wyndow c1420 Wynt. v. 2007.
A chapell … Qwhare Crystyn men than syngand were Ib. 4727.
Ane chapyll … That halowyd wes off oure Lady 1456 Hay I. 230/13.
A Franche knycht … cummand fra a chapell quhare he had herd messe 1462 Peebles B. Rec. 147.
The chapellane that seruis in the chapele of our Lady 1474 Treas. Acc. I. 64.
Gevin to Schire Johnne Story, collector for the chapell, for the haill offerandis for this ȝere 1506 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II. 152.
Thre gret hyngaris … sik lik as is in the chapell of Striuiling 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 43.
Scho past … to the chapell of Sanct Mary Wynd on Sonday to the mes 1535 Stewart 41945.
Ane halie armet duelland was tha dais; Besyde ane chapell of Sanct Colme also 1549 Reg. Cupar A. II. 239.
He … sall serue the chapellane in our chapell … as efferis 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 489.
The deid corps, which … was tane out of the chalmer and hade into the chapell 1596 Dalr. II. 253/24.
It was the image of our Ladie, [and of the] chaple of Lawrete, painted in a bred 1618 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 371.
The Chaple of Kearne is onlie ane pendicle of the Kirk of Forbes(b) a1400 Leg. S. xl. 736.
The quhilk fertir men beris ay … Til a chepal be-owt the ton 1433 Maxwell Mem. I. 163.
Twa hundir pundis … to be payit til hym … in Sanc Nichalace chapale of Lanark 1434 Buccleuch Mun. II. 418.
The chapale … within the parych kyrk of Sant Androw of Peblis 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 112.
A land … liand on the North Raw anenttis the chappal(c) 1553–4 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 348.
To ane sklater for his laboris of the saids chaippell 1575 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 94.
Houssis, kirkis, chaippellis, yairdis, … quhilk pertenis to quhatsumeuir chaiplanis [etc.] c 1578 Maxwell Mem. I. 312.
Ane greit garnell in the chaipell 1622-6 Bisset II. 109/35.
Many chaipellis builded of the liberalitie of the Kingis of Scotland 1628 Peebles Gleanings 69.
For ane kie to the chaippill 1641 Acts V. 510/2.
Fittie with the chaipell thairof Ib. 625/2.
The chaiplanrie of the chaiple of Barris(d) a1578 Pitsc. II. 272/32.
Thay met at the chappell betuix Leith and Edinburgh 1581 Acts III. 212/2.
The dreggis of idolatrie ȝit remanis in diuers pairtes of the realme … be vsing of pilgrimage to sum chappellis 1601 Elgin Rec. II. 93.
Persones quho wer chalengit for thair idolatrous voyage to the chappell 1639 Peebles B. Rec. 420.
To repair the chappell quhich was blauing out wpon Hallow even

b. The Kingis chapell, the chapell r(o)yall, etc. 1467 8th Rep. Hist. MSS. 306/2.
Prouest of the colleg kirk of our Lady, the Kingis chapell sitwat within the cite of Sanctandris 1495 Treas. Acc. I. 229.
Gevin to the browdstar, to mend the vestimentis of the Kingis chapell 1524 Reg. Privy S. I. 499/1.
Playing apoun organis in the Kingis chapell 1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 171.
Sic Chapell Royall, with sic instrumentis, And craftie musick, … In this countre was neuer hard nor sene a1578 Pitsc. I. 200/6.
He foundit ane colledge witht in the said castell callit the chapell ryall Ib. 200/20.
The chapill Royall of Stirling 1611 M. Works Acc. IX. 7 b.
Twa glasbandes makeing of ane iron loker to the chapell ryall 1622-6 Bisset I. 95/11.
Ane dene of the royall chaipell of Streviling, … and provest of the royall chaipell of the blissed Marie of the Craig 1633 9th Rep. Hist. MSS. ii. 245/1.
For the better ordering of devyne service to be performed in our chappell royall 1689 Acts XII. 61/1.
Designing him printer to his majestie household and chappell

c. Mentioned as the place from which royal or ecclesiastical writs were issued. 1428 Mun. Melros 519.
A brefe of departisoun of the kyngis chapele 1450 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 147.
The tenour of ane perambulatioun be breuis of our chapell passit thairupon 1474 Acta Aud. 36/1.
The seruing of a brefe of inqueste of oure souerain lordis chapell apoun a certain tenement 1490 Acta Conc. 144/1.
A bref of inquest of the abbot of Kelsois chapell purchest be Jonet Ȝounger 1494 Ib. 378/1.
Ȝour hienes ordinit ȝour chapell to be oppin and breuez to be gevin to me anent þe persut of certane landis 1515 Sutherland Bk. III. 59.
A precept of seisyne of … the erldome of Sutherland … is direct to ws be our souerane lordis chapell 1566 Inverness B. Rec. I. 136.
Ane brewe of our Souerane Lord and Ladeis Chappell 1593 Reg. Privy C. V. 98.
Ane breif of perambulatioun of his majesties chappell, direct to the justice general

2. Attrib. with alter, ceremone, chawmer, clerk, dore, geir, land, maill, man, syloring, windo, yaird. 1534–5 M. Works Acc. III. 17.
Bottis to … the bak of the syloring of the chapell aulter — (1638) Spalding I. 109 (see chappellmen below).
Chappell ceremoneis - 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 174.
Ane alde rifin lynning ruif that hang in the chapell chawmer Ib. 175.
The chapell chaumer with … ane grite aikkin bed — c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 21.
The birdis sang … With curiouse note, as Venus chapell clerkis 1585 James VI Ess. 69.
Cupide walknis with the cryis Of Naturis chapell clarkis — 1599 Treas. Acc. MS. 65 b.
To the brod at the chapell dore for his maiestie on Sonday — 1495 Ib. I. 241.
To four hors to carye the chapell geir to Striueling 1540 Ib. VII. 397.
Schir James Hammiltounis chapell gair, that is to say, ane croce of silver [etc.] — 1495 Acta Conc. 401/1.
Certane pottis takin fra him … for the males of the chapelland of the chapellanry of Drumry 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 247/1.
The landis of Penstemnay, with the chapell and chapell land of the sammyn — 1584 Reg. Soltre 242.
The fyve mark … to be equallie distrubutit amang the beidmen … togidder with the chapell maill — (1638) Spalding I. 109.
To vse all meinis for eschewing ... chappellmen who have countenanced the chappell ceremoneis and novationis - 1535 M. Works Acc. III. 13.
Sax dosone of gret birkin treis … to be schaffaldin and trestis to the chapell syloring — 1513–14 Linlithgow Pal. MS. 18 b.
For the glasining of the fywe chapell wyndois — 1585 Liber Scon 231.
The chapel yaird with the … stane dyikis about the samin