Kapoly was first mentioned in a royal doctrine of Béla III of Hungary and the Johanniter Order of Székesfehérvár.

It belonged to the Diocese of Székesfehérvár in 1229, but according to a papal bull also the Benedictine Abbey of Tihany had lands there.

Orbán Nagylucsei Bishop of Eger, his brothers and Bernát Somogyi de Endréd got the lands of György Bálványosi in Egyházas and Kápolnás in 1488.

András Perneszy de Osztopán, castellan of Felsőlendva got the village in 1577 from Rudolf II.

The Court of Zala County awarded János Lengyel Tóti the villages of Nagykapoly, Lullya, Endréd in 1612.

In the 1715 register there were 6 households and belonged to Anna Julianna Perneszi, the widow of Ferenc Babócsay.