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• Achilles Preston

  Soldier

  Colonel Achilles Preston died on 12th July 1764 aged 31 in the East Indies and his body was returned for burial in the south transept.

• William Ryley

  Historian

  William Ryley, archivist and herald, was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 25th July 1667 but he had no monument or gravestone.

• William de Curtlyngton

  Abbot

  William de Curtlyngton was Abbot of Westminster from 1315-1333. He was buried in front of the altar in the chapel of St Benedict, Westminster Abbey.

• Lucy Baynton

  Lady Lucy Baynton was buried in the north ambulatory in Westminster Abbey at the entrance to St John the Baptist's chapel on 14th June 1621.

• 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.

• Stephen Baber

  Stephen Baber was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 27th March 1679 but his gravestone is no longer readable.

• Christopher Musgrave

  Politician

  Christopher Musgrave, Member of Parliament for Carlisle, was buried in the north transept on 16th September 1718 but he has no monument or readable gravestone.

• George Slaughter

  Soldier

  Captain George Slaughter was buried in the north cloister. His gravestone is no longer readable but the inscription was recorded in a book.

• 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.

• 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.

• Sir Thomas Hopton

  Politician

  Sir Thomas Hopton, politician, was buried in Westminster Abbey in July 1638. The archives show that he was buried here, but the location is unknown.

• Douglessa and Ambrosia Gorges

  Lady Douglas (or Douglessa) Gorges and her daughter Ambrosia were buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey but neither had any monument or gravestone.

• James Sartre

  Priest/Minister

  James Sartre, clergyman of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the south transept of the church on 5th September 1713. He has no monument or gravestone.

• George Ebenezer Williams

  Musician

  George Ebenezer Williams was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1814-1819. He was buried in the south cloister in April 1819.

• Andrew Gammell

  Soldier

  Lieutenant General Andrew Gammell was buried in the south cloister on 26th October 1815, aged 50. He seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.

• William Rawle

  William Rawle, maker of military items, was buried in the north cloister on 15th November 1789. No gravestone remains for him. He has no monument.

• Jonathan Martin

  Musician

  Jonathan Martin, organist to the King, was buried in the west cloister on 9th April 1737 but he has no monument or inscribed gravestone.

• George Jay

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend Dr George Jay, Dean Designate of Peterborough, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 5th November 1661.

• James, Lord Cranstoun

  James, Lord Cranstoun was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 14th July 1773. He seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.

• Charles Fitzcharles, Earl of Plymouth

  Charles Fitzcharles, Earl of Plymouth was buried on 18th January 1681 (modern dating) in the vault in Henry VII's chapel formerly occupied by Oliver Cromwell.