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George and Nicholas Monck
Priest/Minister, Soldier and Sailor
General George Monck and his brother NIcholas are both buried in Westminster Abbey. The General's funeral armour is on display.
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Abbey bells
Westminster Abbey now has ten bells which are rung on church festivals and for royal and other occasions.
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Arthur & Augusta Stanley
Writer, Dean, Historian and Priest/Minister
In Henry VII’s chapel is the grave and monument of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, and the grave of his wife Lady Augusta.
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John Islip
Abbot and Priest/Minister
John Islip was Abbot of Westminster from 1500 until his death in 1532 and was buried in the chantry chapel he built at Westminster Abbey.
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Library collection
Today’s library was established after the Abbey was founded as a collegiate church in 1560. It has been in the former monastic dormitory since 1591.
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Henry V and Catherine de Valois
Henry’s tomb is below his elaborate chantry chapel in Westminster Abbey. His funeral armour and the effigy of his wife, Catherine de Valois, can be seen in the Abbey Galleries.
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28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Dame Averil Cameron gives the 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on Constantine's Vision and the Church Today - From the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312) to the twenty-first century.
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21st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 11th May 2006
Delivered by The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th May 2006 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.
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One People Oration 2002
Monday, 17th June 2002
Speaker: Lord Carey of Clifton (then Archbishop of Canterbury)
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Address at the dedication of a memorial to Owen and Henry Chadwick
Thursday, 1st February 2018
Address given by Professor Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Cambridge
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Architecture
The present Abbey building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245 he pulled down the eastern part of the 11th century Abbey.
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Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Her wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in 1947. Her funeral was held on 19th September 2022.
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Sermon Given at The Chapel Royal St James's Palace on Good Friday 2016
Friday, 25th March 2016
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Trinity 2016
Sunday, 5th June 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2017
Sunday, 7th May 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2018
Sunday, 4th March 2018
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2020
Sunday, 9th August 2020
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2020: Anyone who has ever helped a child learn to walk will know just how important eye contact can be..
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Lent 2022
Sunday, 20th February 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Lent 2022: To begin to understand the present precarious situation in Ukraine we first need to understand what has happened in the past..
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024
Sunday, 10th March 2024
God is love.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Advent 2019
Sunday, 10th November 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Advent 2019: We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come I recently conducted the.