Reconstruction illustration showing an interior view of the chapel at Okehampton Castle as it may have appeared around the late thirteenth century or early fourteenth century. Lord Courtenay, who owned the castle, is attending mass with courtiers.

Date:
circa 1995 - circa 2000
Location:
Okehampton Castle, Chapel, Castle Lane, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon
Reference:
IC072/007
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

In 1240, the chapel at Okehampton Castle was appropriated to Cowick Priory, Exeter, on the condition that mass would be said daily in the castle's chapel either by the priory's vicar or by Lord Courtenay's chaplain.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC072 Okehampton Castle, Devon; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

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People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Medieval Chapel, Christian Religion