Heraldry, the dividing an escutcheon by lines drawn from the centre of the upper edge to the angles below, into three parts, the sections on the sides being of different metal or colour from the rest.

Chapel, in Frith, a market-town of Derbyshire, about 26 miles north-west of Derby. W. Long. 1° 50'. N. Lat. 53° 22'.

Chappel, William, a learned and pious bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross in Ireland, born in Nottinghamshire in 1582. When the troubles began under Charles I. he was persecuted by the puritan party in parliament, and retired to Derby, where he devoted himself to study till his death in 1649. He wrote Methodus Concionandi, i.e., "the Method of Preaching;" and he is one of those to whom the Whole Duty of Man has been attributed. He left behind him also his own life written by himself in Latin, which has been twice printed.