Elizabeth Abrahall

On the wall of the east cloister of Westminster Abbey is a small marble cartouche to Elizabeth Abrahall. The inscription reads: 

Near this place lies the body of Elizabeth the wife of Gilbert Abrahall Esq. Page of the Back Staires to her Majesty Queen Ann. She was Mrs [mistress] Starcher to her Majesty and departed this life the 9th of March 1710/11 in the 73rd year of her age

The split date indicates Old and New Style dating so it is 1711 in modern dating.

Gilbert, as well as being a trusted royal servant of Queen Anne, was also in the "Private Musick" at court. Elizabeth was the widow of Charles Powell (they had a son George) and may have been Gilbert's second wife (the first possibly Rebecca Backwell). He may have died in late 1718 or early 1719.

Further notes on Gilbert

Biographical Dictionary of English Court Musicians... compiled by A. Ashbee and D. Lasocki, 1998