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• Sir Humphrey Stanley

  Soldier

  On the floor of the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey is a brass to Sir Humphrey Stanley who died in 1505.

• Leave a legacy

  Your legacy can ensure our legacy lives on. By leaving a gift in your Will, you can help preserve the Abbey for future generations.

• 15th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 4th May 2000

  Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Martyn Percy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 4th May 2000 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford and the Cathedral, Sheffield.

• Humphrey Salwey

  Politician

  Salwey was buried in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey in 1652. But his body was exhumed, with other followers of Oliver Cromwell, in 1661.

• Stanley Baldwin

  Politician and Statesman

  A memorial to Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, was unveiled in the nave on 18th December 1997 by Prime Minister Tony Blair.

• 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.

  Architecture

• Humphrey Mackworth

  Soldier

  Humphrey Mackworth, a colonel in Cromwell's Parliamentary army, was buried in a vault in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey but later exhumed.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618)

  Sunday, 28th October 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618): Do we see the hidden reality in the life of Sir Walter.

• Sermon at Ascension Day 2019

  Thursday, 30th May 2019

  We celebrate today the last of our Lord’s resurrection appearances.

  Ascension Day

• Abbots & Deans

  List of Abbots of the monastery and Deans of the Collegiate Church.

  Notable people Christianity

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2025

  Sunday, 6th April 2025

  ‘No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known’.

• Wall paintings

  Our most important wall paintings are from the late 13th century, and include the figures of St Faith, Christ with St Thomas, and St Christopher.

  Art

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2015

  Sunday, 21st June 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Minor Canon and Precentor.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021

  Tuesday, 29th June 2021

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2024

  Friday, 28th June 2024

  Peter is our witness to our humanity, to forgiveness, to grace, and to Christ.

• Stained Glass

  Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day.

• 9th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Monday, 9th May 1994

  Lecture delivered by The Revd David Conner at Westminster Abbey on 9th May 1994.

• Sir Humphrey Bourchier

  Soldier

  Sir Humphrey Bourchier (or Bourgchier) is buried in St Edmund's chapel. The Purbeck marble altar tomb once had a brass figure on it.

• Sir Humphrey May

  Politician

  Sir Humphrey May, politician, was buried "on the north side of the Chapel of Kings" (ie.the north ambulatory) in Westminster Abbey on 11th June 1630.

• 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.