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John Clare
Poet
Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, unveiled a memorial to nature poet John Clare in Poets' Corner. This is an oval mural tablet of LePine limestone.
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Charles St Clare Bedford
Charles St Clare Bedford, Chapter Clerk at Westminster Abbey 1854-1900 and Coroner for the City of Westminster 1845-1888, is buried in the north cloister.
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Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester
In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester.
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One People Oration: Dignity and Poverty
Tuesday, 28th November 2023
Dame Clare Moriarty, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, gives this year’s One People Oration.
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Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I
Joan was a daughter of Edward I. On the 30th April 1290 she married Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester in Westminster Abbey.
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One People Oration 2023
Saturday, 28th October 2023
One People Oration 2023:.
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Matthew Jorysz
As Assistant Organist Matthew Jorysz shares with the Sub-Organist and Organ Scholar in playing the organ for services in the Abbey, accompanying and assisting in the conducting of the Abbey Choir and training the choristers.
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Integrity
What does it mean for a public servant to have integrity? Is it the same as being consistent?
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Charles Gore Lecture 2023
Friday, 3rd March 2023
Ahead of the coronation of His Majesty The King in Westminster Abbey in May this year, The Reverend Dr James Hawkey reflects on A Theology of Monarchy for the 21st Century.
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Charles Gore Lecture 2022
Tuesday, 5th April 2022
Professor Anna Rowlands gives the annual Charles Gore Lecture on The Roots of Trust: theological and political reflections on trust in troubled times.
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Lady Arabella Macarty
On 5th June 1698 Lady Arabella Macarty was buried in St Edmund's chapel near the tomb of Sir Humphry Bourchier. But she has no monument.
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William of Sudbury
Writer and Priest/Minister
William of Sudbury was a monk at Westminster Abbey from 1373. He was a son of Henry, skinner of London, and his wife Margaret.
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James Hawkey installed as Canon Theologian
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey was installed as a Canon of Westminster during Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 19th January 2019.
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The Reverend Dr James Hawkey
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey is Canon Theologian at the Abbey, with particular responsibility for theological study and teaching.
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Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence
A small gilt bronze statuette (or weeper) of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, can be seen on the tomb of his father Edward III.
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Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and Baron Harley of Wigmore is buried in the vault of the Duke of Newcastle.
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Humphrey and Thomas Persehouse
Thomas Persehouse (or Persehowse) and his son Humphrey were buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey. They have no markers.
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Abbot Herbert
Abbot and Priest/Minister
Abbot Herbert, of Norman extraction, was a monk at Westminster Abbey from about 1085 and may have come with Gilbert Crispin from Bec.
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Garret and Norton Fitzgerald
Garret Fitzgerald and his wife and family are buried in St Margaret's church and have a memorial. Norton Fitzgerald's tablet is now hidden from view.
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Governance and Leadership
The Dean and Chapter is the overall governing body of the Abbey whilst the Abbey Board oversees strategy and its implementation.