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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

• Henry III lecture

• Henry VII's Lady Chapel

• Royal tombs

  Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.

  Royalty

• Order of the Bath

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

  Notable people

• Lady Chapel

  The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.

  Architecture

• Sermon at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019

  Sunday, 6th October 2019

  Sermon at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019: One Saint in particular fascinated Henry: St Edward, King and Confessor This month, we celebrate the 750th anniversary of the dedication of.

• Sermon preached at Evensong of the Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2024

  Sunday, 30th June 2024

  In the year 121 AD, the Emperor’s secretary completed what was to become a blockbuster.

• An Evening with Dan Jones: The Astonishing Henry V

  Tuesday, 21st January 2025

  Leading Medieval Historian Dan Jones recounts the astonishing rise of England’s famous warrior king Henry V, metres from his final resting place.

  Events

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2024

  Sunday, 28th April 2024

  Smoothing over the difficulties and ambiguities.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity

  Sunday, 30th June 2024

  You hid your face from me and I was utterly dismayed.

• The Abbey and the Royal Family

  British kings and queens have forged a strong bond with Westminster Abbey. Since 1066 every British monarch, except two, has been crowned here.

• 14. Henry V and the snowy spring

  Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.

• Jerusalem Chamber

  The Jerusalem Chamber is a medieval room with an original roof and historic tapestries woven in France. King Henry IV died here in 1413.

• 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.

• Westminster Abbey celebrated the 800th anniversary of the birth of Henry III

  Monday, 1st October 2007

  Westminster Abbey celebrated the 800th anniversary of the birth of Henry III – the builder of the present Abbey church – with an Act of Commemoration and a concert of words and music

  Henry III

• George V

  King George V was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 22nd June 1911. He supported proposals for the burial of the Unknown Warrior in the Abbey.

• Charles James Fox & Henry V. Fox, Lord Holland

  Writer, Statesman and Abolitionist

  Charles James Fox, statesman, has a monument in the nave. Henry Vassal Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, his nephew, has a large monument behind that to Charles.

• Princess Mary, daughter of George V

  Princess Mary was the only daughter of George V and Queen Mary. On 28th February 1922 she married Henry, Viscount Lascelles in Westminster Abbey.

• Edward V & Richard Duke of York

  The presumed remains of Edward V and Richard Duke of York are buried in the Abbey in a white marble sarcophagus designed by Christopher Wren.