'NETHER WHITLEY, a Chap[el] of Ease called Whitley Chappell, in Budw[orth] Par[ish]. This Chappell was new built, but upon an old Foundation, by Tho. Tuscet of Nether Whitley Esq. about 60 years agoe, says Sir. P L[eycester] (an[no] 1672) at his own cost, p. 388.' £3. 10s. per annum was left to this chapel by Thomas Legh, R. Kelsall and Thomas Saunders, from land bought c. 1631. Thomas Pierson, minister of Brampton Bryan, Herefords., left £250 by his will (1633) for and towards the perpetual maintenance of a preacher at Whitley Chapel. The money is in the hands of Sir J. Chetwood, 'who pretends this Chap[el] is Domestick to his house of Whitley, tho' reckoned among Chap[els] of Ease by Sir P. L[eycester] and in [the] Ms. Cat[alogue]. The chapel is about half a mile from Chetwood's seat. Curate licensed 1698. Gastrell, Notitia Cestrienses, I, 325-6. Noted as claimed as a domestic chapel at 1747 Visitation.