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• Dedication of Peal Boards

  Thursday, 15th July 2004

  There are ten principal ringers for the Abbey's ten bells, which are rung for the major church festivals, for special services and for notable occasions such as the anniversaries of HM The Queen's accession, coronation and wedding.

  ...Wedding Anniversary of Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh (1997), for the funeral of the Queen Mother (2002) and for the 50th Anniversary of the Coronation

  Bell ringing

• Choir’s new CD celebrates established favourites and new works

  Friday, 9th June 2023

  The Abbey Choir has released a new CD of choral works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir James MacMillan and Sir John Tavener.

  ...HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, Tavener’s Song for Athene, sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997 and MacMillan’s Who shall separate us?,...

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Music

• James I and Anne of Denmark

  James I and Anne of Denmark are both buried in Westminster Abbey. But neither has a monument. Their funeral effigies still remain in the Abbey collection.

  Burial James died on 27th March 1625 at Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire and his funeral took place at the Abbey on 17th May.

• George and Nicholas Monck

  Priest/Minister, Soldier and Sailor

  General George Monck and his brother NIcholas are both buried in Westminster Abbey. The General's funeral armour is on display.

  He died 3rd January 1670 but the funeral did not take place until 30th April as the king had offered, but failed, to pay the expenses.

• 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.

  Further reading His funeral certificate is at the College of Arms in London

• Jacinto de Castro

  Statesman

  Don Jacinto Borges Pereira de Castro, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the King of Portugal to the Court of Britain, was buried in the nave.

  The burial was private, the funeral according to Roman Catholic rites having been performed beforehand at his house in Great Queen Street.

• Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

  Henry VII’s coronation took place in October 1485. Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York were the first monarchs to be buried in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel.

  Do their funeral effigies survive?

• Earl Mountbatten of Burma

  Sailor and Diplomat

  Just inside the west door of Westminster Abbey, at the base of a pillar is a memorial to the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

  His funeral was held at the Abbey and he was buried at Romsey in Hampshire, near Broadlands his country home.

• 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.

  The coffin, on which lay his funeral effigy (which does not survive), was then brought to the Abbey on 7th November 1422 for burial.

• Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII

  Queen Alexandra was born in 1844, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. With her husband Edward VII, she was crowned in 1902.

  Funeral She died at Sandringham House in Norfolk on 20th November 1925 and her body lay in state in the church there until its removal to the Chapel Royal in St...

• George Pollock

  Soldier

  Sir George Pollock, army officer, was buried in the nave, to the west of Lord Clyde. He was the fifth son of David Pollock.

  In 1871 he became Constable of the Tower of London and ten Yeoman Warders led his funeral procession in Westminster Abbey on 16th October 1872.

• Henry Grattan

  Statesman

  Henry Grattan, a statesman and defender of the rights of Ireland, was buried next to Charles James Fox in the north transept of Westminster Abbey.

  Abbey funeral fee book records "died Sunday June 4 1820 at his late English place of residence no 68 Baker Street, Portman Square aged 74 years, to be buried...

• Walter Porter

  Musician and Composer

  Walter Porter, singer and musician, was Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1639-44. He was buried in St Margaret's on 30th November 1659.

  In 1603 he sang as an Abbey chorister at the funeral of Elizabeth I and later sang tenor in the Chapel Royal choir, attending James I's funeral in 1625.

• Edward IV

  Edward IV was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 28th June 1461. His queen Elizabeth Woodville was crowned in 1465. Their infant daughter Margaret has a small monument in St Edward's chapel.

  ...Consort of Westminster Abbey Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Edward IV by Charles Ross, 1974 The Royal funerals of the House of York at Windsor by

• Samuel Birch

  Physician

  Samuel Birch was buried in the north porch area on 20th June 1719 aged 72. But he has no monument or marker.

  The papers also said he was 96 but the age given in the Abbey's Funeral Book is more likely to be correct.

• Lady Anne Bertie

  Lady Anne Bertie was buried in St Michael's chapel at Westminster Abbey on 22nd March 1661 but she has no marker or monument.

  Her funeral took place at night and the Precentor's book records that three dozen torches and nine pounds of wax candles were used.

• Lady Elizabeth and Joseph Nightingale monument maquette

  Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Lady Elizabeth and Joseph Nightingale monument maquette, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.

  their family and friends still on Earth, a Christian funeral allows them to pray for the person who has died, and a memorial helps them to grieve and remember.

• Lady Margaret Beaufort Wreath Laying

  Tuesday, 31st May 2005

  In 1505, the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII, and founder of the Tudor dynasty, re-founded the college of God's House (first established in 1437 for the training of grammar school masters) naming it Christ's College.

  Her friend and confessor Bishop John Fisher said of her at her funeral: Every one that knew her loved her, and everything that she said or did became her.

  Wreathlaying Lady Margaret Beaufort

• Her Majesty The Queen opens Jubilee Galleries

  Friday, 8th June 2018

  Her Majesty The Queen with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited Westminster Abbey on 8th June to open The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.

  ...the Galleries, where they viewed objects including the 13th century Westminster Retable, the funeral effigy head of Henry VII, and the marriage licence of TRH...

  Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries HM The Queen HRH The Prince of Wales

• Abbey to mark Warrior centenary

  Thursday, 29th October 2020

  Westminster Abbey will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior with a special service, to be broadcast live on BBC One, on 11th November.

  service will commemorate the funeral of an unknown British serviceman, the Unknown Warrior, whose body was brought from Northern France and buried at the west...