Historical documents refer to St Peter's as a Royal Chapel as early as the 12th Century. Today it is a Chapel Royal and it is a 'Royal Peculiar' directly under the jurisdiction of The Queen. It is the parish church to HM Tower of London, the most visited heritage site in the country.
Three queens of England; Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Jane Grey, and the remains of two saints of the Roman Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and John Fisher, are buried in the Chapel's environs.
The Chapel Royal also has many monuments, some of exceptional quality, which commemorate officers and residents of the Tower who worshipped here. It remains a place of worship for the Tower’s community of 150 or so residents, as well as many from outside.
As we approach the present Chapel's 500th anniversary in 2012 (the building of the Chapel Royal began in 1512) and the 50th anniversary of it being reaffirmed as a Chapel Royal in 1966, we aim to give the Chapel the care that it deserves whilst laying the foundations for its future.
