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Eleanor, Countess of Bar
Eleanor, Countess of Bar, daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile, was buried in Westminster Abbey but the location is unknown.
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Thomas Gorges
Priest/Minister
Dr Thomas Gorges was buried in Westminster Abbey on 14th December 1667 but the location is not known and he has no monument.
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William King
Writer
William King, writer of satires and light verse, is buried in the north cloister but he seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Jane Boughton & Anne Fleet
Jane Boughton was buried in the south transept on 16th November 1614 but nothing marks her grave. She was the widow of William Boughton.
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Richard Guise
Musician and Composer
Richard Guise, singer and composer, was buried in the north cloister on 17th March 1806. He never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Charles Marsh
In east cloister, near the gates, is the grave of Charles Marsh, a clerk in the War Office and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
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Robert Marsh
Robert Marsh was Receiver General of Westminster Abbey and was buried in the north cloister. He was appointed joint Receiver with J.H. Gell in 1854.
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John and Eleanor Panton
John Panton was buried on 13th March 1619 in the "long aisle on the south side" (ie. south ambulatory) but nothing marks his grave.
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Mauleverer family
Sir Richard Mauleverer and various members of his family were buried in Westminster Abbey. Grace has a memorial tablet.
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Nicholas Ludford
Musician and Composer
Composer Nicholas Ludford (c.1490-1557) was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster on 9th August 1557 but he has no marker or monument.
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Thomas Crawfurd
Thomas Crawfurd (or Crawford) was buried in the north quire aisle of Westminster Abbey on 13th November 1724 but he has no readable gravestone.
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Dame Katherine Byron
Dame Katherine Byron, widow of Sir Thomas, was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in 1676 but the exact location is not known and there is no memorial to her.
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Celebrating St Edward
In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.
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Nicholas and Robert Leke, Earls of Scarsdale
Nicholas Leke, 2nd Earl of Scarsdale and his son Robert are buried in the vault of Baron Hunsdon in St John the Baptist's chapel.
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Mansell Family
Several members of the Mansell family of Glamorgan in south Wales are buried in Westminster Abbey, including Thomas, Edward, Henry, Mary, Francis and Elizabeth.
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Edmund Hooper and family
Edmund Hooper, organist and master of the choristers at Westminster Abbey, was buried in the cloisters of the Abbey on 16th July 1621.
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James Butler, Duke of Ormond & family
Soldier
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, and several members of his family, are buried in a vault at the east end of Henry VII's chapel.
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James Oswald
Politician
James Oswald was buried in the north aisle of the nave in 1769. A small rectangular brass with a decorated border now covers his grave.
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Edmund Ayrton
Musician and Composer
Dr Edmund Ayrton, composer and Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the north cloister. He seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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John, Charles & Samuel Wesley
Priest/Minister
On 30th March 1876 the Dean of Westminster, Arthur Stanley, unveiled a white marble memorial to Methodists John and Charles Wesley.