Castle chapel

They fulfilled the religious requirements of the castle lord and his retinue, while also sometimes serving as a burial site.

Because the construction of such church edifices was expensive for the lord of the castle, separate chapels are not found at every seat of the nobility.

According to historian Sarah Speight, "The religious role of chapels was as normal, as routine, and arguably, as integral to castles as any concern for symbolism and/or military strength.

This was in order to claim God's protection over the most vulnerable point in the castle.

For services, the nobility were seated in their upper balconies and their retinue in the pews below.