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• Piers Griffith

  Sailor

  Piers Griffith, pirate, was buried somewhere in the south transept but his gravestone no longer remains. He was accused of piracy by the Spanish Ambassador.

• Seminar: Speaking of Human Flourishing - salvation, happiness, rhetoric

  Thursday, 17th October 2024

  Join us for the first of this term’s online seminar talks with Nadia Marais, a Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, an ordained minister in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa.

• Rachel daughter of Nicholas Brigham

  Rachel Brigham, four year old daughter of antiquary and minor poet Nicholas Brigham, was buried in the south transept on 21st June 1557.

• Henry Carr

  In the south transept is the grave of Major Henry Carr. It is worn on one side but the name can still be seen.

• Richard Hakluyt

  Writer, Scientist and Priest/Minister

  Richard Hakluyt, called 'the father of modern geographers', was buried in November 1616, but the place of his burial was not noted in the register.

• Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland & Percy family

  Politician and Soldier

  A large white marble monument to Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland stands in this chapel. This was designed by Robert Adam and sculpted by Nicholas Read.

• Charles II

  Charles' coronation took place on 23rd April 1661. He was buried in the Abbey on 14th February 1685 in a vault in Henry VII's chapel.

• Sir Francis Allen

  Soldier

  Sir Francis Allen was buried in the south transept, near William Thynne's tomb, but he had no monument and his gravestone has worn away.

• Joseph Addison

  Poet and Playwright

  In Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey is a marble statue of Joseph Addison, poet and essayist, by the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott, erected in 1809.

• Anne of Cleves, 4th wife of Henry VIII

  Mary I ordered Anne of Cleves’ burial in the Abbey. She lies on the south side of the High Altar, her monument showing her initials.

• Edmund Spenser

  Poet

  On the south wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a marble memorial to Edmund Spenser, poet and author of The Faerie Queene.

• Sir Robert Moray

  Scientist and Mathematician

  Sir Robert Moray, mathematician, chemist and a founder and first President of the Royal Society, was buried in the centre part of the south transept.

• Sir Richard Coxe

  On the wall of the south transept is a memorial to Sir Richard Coxe. The coat of arms above the tablet shows three bars.

• Archibald Campbell Tait

  Priest/Minister

  On a pillar of St Benedict's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a white marble bust, with a shield of arms below, to Archibald Campbell Tait.

• George Grote

  Historian

  George Grote, celebrated historian, is buried in the south transept. He was a Royal Society Fellow, University of London Vice-Chancellor, British Museum trustee and MP.

• Sir Henry (Brodribb) Irving

  Actor

  The ashes of Sir Henry Irving, actor, lie in Poets' Corner. John Henry Brodribb (1838-1905) assumed the surname of Irving by royal licence in 1889.

• Geoffrey Chaucer

  Scientist, Writer and Poet

  Geoffrey Chaucer is buried in the south transept, now known as Poets' Corner. He was the author of The Canterbury Tales.

• Nicholas Rowe

  Poet and Playwright

  Nicholas Rowe, Poet Laureate and dramatist, was buried in Poets' Corner. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.

• William Jennings

  Politician

• Adrian Drift

  Adrian Drift was buried near the grave of poet Matthew Prior in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. But he has no monument or gravestone.