(St.) John's Chapel in the Tower

(St.) John's Chapel in the Tower
   In the White Tower, Tower of London. A fine specimen of Norman architecture. Records kept there (De Ros. Memorials, p. 21).
   Called "Capelle Sancti Johannis Evangelista" in Rot. Liberat. 25 H. III.
   It was not the chapel for the prisoners, but for the Constable and officers of the Tower, and also for use on State occasions.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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