Castre / Castre Hall / Castor Falstof

In his entry for Caistor St. Edmund and Caister Holy Trinity, Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "Here was a free chapel chantry, or college of Castre-hall dedicated to St. John Baptist, or the Evangelist, first founded by Sir Robert de Castre; and John Fastolf, Esq. father of Sir John Fastolf, removed the church which was on the bank, and almost devoured by the sea, to his own manor, called Castor Fastolf [...] Presentations to the Free Chapel, Chantry, or College of Castre-Hall. [...] In 1300, Adam de Fileby, Jeffrey de Carleton and Robert de Stanefeld, were instituted to this free chapel in the manor of Sir William de Vaus, on the presentation of Sir William de Vaus, and Peter de Bozoun. [...] n this chapel Sir John Fastolf designed to have erected a college for 7 monks, or secular priests, and 7 poor men; and to endow the same with 720 marks rent, out of his manor which he gave or sold to his cousin John Paston, Esq. who laboured to establish it till his death, ao. 6 of Edward IV. as did Sir John his son; but whether it was ever incorporated or fully settled, may be doubted. That there were 6 priests and 6 poor men here, at the death of John Paston, Esq." [NB: there is no indication as to what the functions of the chapel here were in relation to the parish churches of the Holy Trinity and St. Edmund, and it may well have had some sacramental ones, perhaps a font, even if to allow for the Holy Week water rituals, as in some monastic churches].