REPLY1850
SCALA COELI
By C. H. COOPER. (Cambridge)
I incline to think that the testator whose will is referred to in No. 23. p. 336., by "Scala Coeli," meant King Henry the Seventh's Chapel at Westminster. Margaret Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother to King Henry VII., in the indenture for founding Chantry Monks in the Abbey of Westminster, dated 2. March, 21 Henry VII. (1506-6), states that she had obtained papal bulls of indulgence, that all persons saying and hearing her chantry masses should have as full remission from sin as in the place called *Scala Coeli* beside Rome, "to the great comfort and relief of the said Monasterie and all…
Topics: Historical Customs, Religious Practices, Indulgences
Locations: Westminster, Rome, Norwich, Boston