At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538 it appears the chancel was no longer used for worship but may have been used as a school.

Certainly it was the home of the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School from the granting of the School's Charter in 1573 until 1864 when the school was moved to new buildings further down Long Street.

This doorway is all that remains of the two entrances that were used, the other being under the then smaller East window.

From 1864 it was little used until 1884, when its restoration was commenced and it was joined to the present Nave.