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• Hon. Jane Hyde

  The Hon. Jane Hyde was buried in the east cloister. Her gravestone is now worn but is next to that of the Reverend C. Cracherode.

• Nicholas Assheton

  The ashes of the Hon. Nicholas Assheton were buried in the Islip chapel on 15th March 2013. He was Chief Honorary Steward from 2002-2006.

• Dame Katherine Byron

  Dame Katherine Byron, widow of Sir Thomas, was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in 1676 but the exact location is not known and there is no memorial to her.

• Ellen Glynne

  Philanthropist

  Ellen Glynne of North Wales was buried in 1733 in the vault of General Monk in Westminster Abbey.

• Sir William Throckmorton

  Lawyer

  Sir William Throckmorton was killed in a duel and buried in St Margaret's Westminster.

• Her Majesty The Queen attends the Commonwealth Service

  Her Majesty The Queen led the congregation at the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th March 2020.

• Royal Family marks Unknown Warrior centenary

  Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 2020.

• Diana, Princess of Wales

  Diana, Princess of Wales was tragically killed in a car accident on 31st August 1997. Her funeral was held in Westminster Abbey on 6th September.

• William II

  Following the custom set by his father William was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 26th September 1087. The ceremony was according to the Anglo-Saxon liturgy.

• Joan, daughter of Edward III

  A small bronze statuette (weeper) of Joan, daughter of Edward III, can be seen on the tomb of her father in Westminster Abbey.

• 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.

• Anne Bracegirdle

  Actor

  Anne Bracegirdle, actress and singer, is buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. She started performing in 1688 and retired in 1707.

• John Robinson

  Musician

  John Robinson, organist of Westminster Abbey from 1727 until his death is buried in the north choir aisle of the Abbey.

• Sir Hugh Ridley Sykes

  Philanthropist

  Sir Hugh Ridley Sykes, industrialist, was a donor to the Westminster Abbey Restoration Appeal, which culminated in 1995 in the restoration of the Lady Chapel.

• Scipio Le Squire

  Historian

  Scipio Le Squire (or Squyer), antiquary and collector, was buried in the east cloister on 29th September 1659, near his friend Arthur Agard.

• Harry Barker

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend Dr Harry Barker was a prebendary of Westminster from 1716-1740 and is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.

• Lancelot Andrewes

  Dean and Priest/Minister

  Lancelot Andrewes was Dean of Westminster 1601-1605 but he has no memorial in the Abbey. He has a monument in Southwark cathedral where he’s buried.

• 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.

• Richard Perrinchief

  Priest/Minister

  Dr Richard Perrinchief was buried on 2nd September 1673 in Westminster Abbey "within the south monument door", presumably the south ambulatory.

• Susanna Gunning

  Novelist

  Susanna Gunning, novelist, was buried in the north cloister on 5th September 1800 aged 60. She seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.