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  • Elizabeth and Jane Joye

    In the north cloister is the gravestone of sisters Elizabeth and Jane Joye. Elizabeth was the eldest child of James Joye.

    In the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is the gravestone of sisters Elizabeth and Jane Joye.

  • Jane, Countess of Lincoln

    Jane, Countess of Lincoln was buried on 1st September 1688 but the location of her grave is unknown and she has no monument or marker.

    Jane, Countess of Lincoln was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1st September 1688 but the location of her grave is unknown and she has no monument or marker.

  • Jane Boughton & Anne Fleet

    Jane Boughton was buried in the south transept on 16th November 1614 but nothing marks her grave. She was the widow of William Boughton.

    Jane Boughton was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 16th November 1614 but nothing marks her grave.

  • Jane, Henrietta and Frances Hanbury

    A tablet high on the south wall of St Margaret's church records the burial of Henrietta and Frances Hanbury and their mother Jane from Pontypool.

    ...tablet high on the south wall of St Margaret's church Westminster records the burial of Henrietta and Frances Hanbury and their mother Jane from Pontypool in

  • Jane, Lady Clifford

    Jane, Lady Clifford's monument stands in the chapel of St Nicholas. The marble monument may be ascribed to sculptor John Bushnell, on stylistic grounds.

    Lady Jane Clifford, youngest daughter to William Duke of Somersett, grand daughter to Edward Earle of Hertford & great grand daughter to Edward Duke of Somersett...

  • William and Jane Outram

    Priest/Minister

    William Outram (or Owtram), Canon of Westminster from 1670-79, is buried in the south transept. On the wall is a monument surmounted by an urn.

    ...year On the base below has been added: After a long decline into a God fearing old age, after 42 years of widowhood, here lies Jane, wife of William Outram D.D.

  • Anne (Stanhope), Duchess of Somerset & Jane Seymour

    Anne Stanhope, Duchess of Somerset is buried in St Nicholas' chapel. In the chapel of St Edmund is a monument to her daughter Lady Jane.

    ...Lord, of either sort: to witte Edward, Erle of Hertford, Henry, and a younger Edward: Anne, Countesse of Warwike, Margaret, Jane, Mary, Katherine, and

  • Paralympic flame arrives at Abbey

    Wednesday, 29th August 2012

    The London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay was welcomed to Westminster Abbey today by The Reverend Jane Hedges, Canon of Westminster.

    Paralympics Reverend Jane Hedges London 2012

  • St Margaret's Church marks end of an era

    Monday, 2nd November 2020

    A Sung Eucharist of Thanksgiving was held in St Margaret’s Church at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 31st October 2020.

    It marked the retirement of the Reverend Jane Sinclair as Rector and as a Canon of Westminster.

    St Margaret's Church

  • Richard Murray

    Sailor

    Captain Richard Murray was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey but has no marker.

    To Jane Brown he left his possessions and money for life.

  • 19. Katherine of Aragon

    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.

    their famous divorce he married Anne Boleyn (beheaded), Jane Seymour (died), Anne of Cleves, (divorced), Catherine Howard (beheaded), and Catherine Parr, who...

  • Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried in the Abbey

    A Service of Thanksgiving for Stephen Hawking was held at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018, during which his ashes were interred in the Nave.

    ...Reverend Dr Cally Hammond, Dean of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; Jane Hawking; Elinor Tatum; Professor Stephen J Toope OC, Vice-Chancellor, University...

  • Thomas Amyot

    Historian and Lawyer

    Thomas Amyot (Amyott), lawyer and historian, and his wife Jane are buried in St Margaret's church. There is a marble tablet on the north wall.

    Thomas Amyot (Amyott), lawyer and historian, and his wife Jane are buried in St Margaret's church Westminster.

  • Anthony Lucera

    Anthony Lucera, his wife Jane and daughter Esther are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey but the grave inscription has worn away.

    Anthony Lucera, his wife Jane and daughter Esther, are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey.

  • John Meldrum

    Soldier

    Colonel John Meldrum died of wounds received at the battle of Brandon. He was buried St Andrew's chapel but disinterred at the Restoration.

    He had been a Lieutenant in 1642 under William, Earl of Bedford and married Jane.

  • Anne Wemyss

    Anne Wemyss (or Wemis) was buried in the east cloister. A small oval white marble tablet was erected for her in the south choir aisle.

    ...of Dr Lodowick Wemyss (some time Prebendary of this cathedral) and of Mrs Jane Bargrave his wife, who departed this life the nineteenth of December in the sixty...

  • Ann Jett

    Ann Jett was buried at the west end of the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 29th April 1721 but she has no marker.

    ...was the daughter of William Lowndes of Winslow in Buckinghamshire and his second wife Jane, who was buried on 10th July 1685 - her father was Simon Hopper, an...

  • Stephen Rigaud's children

    Priest

    Two young children of Revd. Stephen Rigaud, of Westminster School, were buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey.

    Mary Jane, aged four years, was buried on 23rd March 1848 and Jane, aged one year, was buried on 17th January 1849.

  • Thomas Whitby

    Thomas Whitby, of Hounslow in Middlesex, was buried in the south ambulatory on 25th January 1622 but he has no monument or marker.

    first wife was Jane, daughter of Christopher Hewes of Holt Castle in Denbigh, Wales, his second was Margaret, widow of Edmund Agar and his third wife was Lady...

  • Abbey focuses on the future for women bishops

    Tuesday, 19th January 2010

    At the start of Christian Unity Week on Monday 18th January, Westminster Abbey hosted an evening to discuss one of the most hotly-debated topics in the Church of England - the ordination of women as bishops.

    The Reverend Dr Jane Hedges, Canon Steward, Westminster Abbey, chaired the evening.

    Women bishops

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