The Chantry of St John the Baptist is added onto the south side of the nave. A chantry chapel is a part of a church set aside for singing the liturgy for the dead. At the Dissolution, chantries were abolished and their assets were sold or granted to supporters of Henry VIII. The St John Chantry in St Peter’s became a chapel for the Berkhamsted School, which was founded in 1541 by John Incent on land taken from the monastic hospital of St John the Baptist. Today this area of the church is occupied by the choir stalls and organ.
