chanter (“to sing”). English Wikipedia has an article on: chantry Wikipedia chantry (plural chantries) An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing...
/ˈhɪŋkæstə(ɹ)/ Hincaster A hamlet and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5084). chantries, narthices, snatchier...
chanter (plural chanters) One who chants or sings. A priest who sings in a chantry. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played. 1860s, anon, Lanigan's...
it was the law of mortmain […] which originally sent the founders of chantries to seek the king's licence […] (literary) A strong and inalienable possession...
Antiquities of the County of Buckingham: In this parish were, anciently, two Chantries; one situated in Edlesborough, and dedicated to St. Mary; 1 and the other...