Can anyone tell me about the Royal Chapel of St Peter Ad Vincula, at Tower of London?
The chapel became the garrison church in 1877 and was made a Chapel Royal (outside episcopal jurisdiction) in 1966. Today it serves as the parish church for the Tower community. Under normal circumstances only visitors on a Yeoman Warder tour or those attending a religious service will be allowed inside the chapel. So in answer to your question your ancestor must have been, as a minimum, someone who worked within the Tower of London complex, but more probably a member of the garrison. The clergy of this Chapel are formally part of Her Majesty’s Ecclesiastical Household. The three Priests-in-Ordinary and the Deputy Priests-in-Ordinary (the latter including the Chaplains at the Tower of London and Hampton Court) answer to the Sub-Dean (an office known since 1483) who is himself answerable to the Dean of the Chapels Royal. St. Peter ad Vincula and the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court each have a resident Chaplain. I can’t find a web site or e-mail address specifically for the Chaplain, howev
