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Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024.
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Britain's Oldest Door
Britain's oldest door can be found in Westminster Abbey, in the passage leading to the Chapter House.
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Mary I
Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. She was crowned in the Abbey on 1st October 1553 and lies buried with Elizabeth I.
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John Bull and Marlborough Tatton
On the north wall of St Margaret's Church is a cartouche to John Bull, an eminent rich merchant (according to his entry in the register).
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Sir John Corbet
Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Stoke in Shropshire was buried in Westminster Abbey in February 1665. There is no marker or monument for him.
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Redmond Simpson
Musician
Redmond Simpson, musician, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 2nd February 1787 but he has no monument or grave marker.
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Charles Bonnor
Charles Bonnor, a Queen's Scholar at Westminster School, has a small marble tablet in the north walk of the cloister. He died of typhoid fever.
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David Walter Morgan
Priest/Minister
In the north cloister is a tablet near the grave of the Reverend David Walter Morgan. He was a Lay Vicar in the Abbey choir.
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Anne Radcliffe
Anne Radcliffe (or Ratcliffe), wife of Sir George Radcliffe, lawyer and politician of Thomhill, Yorkshire, was buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.
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Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancrum
Lady Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancrum was buried in the chapel of St Nicholas on 15th February 1657 but she has no gravestone remaining.
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Ann Ferrers
Ann Ferrers, wife of John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, was buried in St Paul's chapel in May 1715 but she has no gravestone or monument.
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Anthony Carey, Lord Falkland
Politician
Anthony Carey (Cary), 5th Viscount Falkland was buried in Westminster Abbey but the location is not known and he has no monument or marker.
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Alphonso Marsh
Musician and Composer
Alphonso Marsh, composer and royal musician, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 9th April 1692 but he has no marker.
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Sarah Thorpe
In the Dark Cloister area is the grave of Sarah Thorpe. Only the words "THORPE" and the date 1776 can now be read.
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William Kerr, Marquis of Lothian
William Kerr, 2nd Marquis of Lothian was buried in the Ormond vault at the eastern end of Henry VII's chapel on 6th March 1722..
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Susanna Gunning
Novelist
Susanna Gunning, novelist, was buried in the north cloister on 5th September 1800 aged 60. She seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Hugh de Vere, Earl of Oxford
Philanthropist and Statesman
On the wall of the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey there is a shield for Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford.
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Lady Archibald Hamilton
Anne, second wife of Lord Archibald Hamilton, was buried in the vault of Sir George Villiers in St Nicholas' chapel on 4th April 1719.
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Edward Woodroofe
Edward Woodroofe was a mason and surveyor at Westminster Abbey. He was buried in the north cloister.
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Ellen Glynne
Philanthropist
Ellen Glynne of North Wales was buried in 1733 in the vault of General Monk in Westminster Abbey.