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• John Strode

  Soldier

  Colonel John Strode, governor of Dover Castle in Kent and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles II, was buried on 30th March 1686.

• 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.

• John Earle

  Dean

  John Earle was Dean of Westminster from 1660-1662 but he has no monument in Westminster Abbey and he is buried at Merton College chapel, Oxford.

• John Davis

  Soldier

  Colonel John Davis was buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 16th December 1725. His gravestone is no longer readable.

• John Osbaldeston

  John Osbaldeston was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, not far from the grave of a fellow royal servant Thomas Chiffinch.

• John Broxholme

  Politician

  John Broxholme of Lincolnshire was a member of the Long Parliament and was buried on 5th March 1647 but nothing marks his grave.

• John Battely

  Lawyer

  John Battely, Receiver General of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the south aisle of the nave but has no marker.

• John Broughton

  Soldier

  John Broughton, champion boxer and later Yeoman of the Guard, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey in 1789.

• John Dolben

  Dean, Priest/Minister and Soldier

  Dr John Dolben was Dean of Westminster 1662-1683 but he has no monument here as he’s buried in York Minister, having been made Archbishop there.

• John Skelton

  Writer, Poet and Playwright

  John Skelton, Court poet, writer and playwright, was buried in the chancel of St Margaret's on 21st June 1529. He has no monument or inscription.

• John Pym

  Statesman

  John Pym, politician in the time of Cromwell, died in 1643. He was buried in Westminster Abbey but his remains were exhumed at the Restoration.

• John Keble

  Writer, Poet and Priest/Minister

  On a pillar on the west wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a white marble bust to poet and clergyman John Keble.

• John Stewart

  Sailor

  In the window splay of the north nave aisle in Westminster Abbey is a white marble monument to Captain John Stewart.

• John Clare

  Poet

  Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, unveiled a memorial to nature poet John Clare in Poets' Corner. This is an oval mural tablet of LePine limestone.

• John Ireland

  Dean and Priest/Minister

  John Ireland was Dean of Westminster from 1816-1842 and is buried in the south transept in the grave of his lifelong friend William Gifford.

• John of Waltham

  John of Waltham, bishop of Salisbury from 1388 was buried in St Edward the Confessor’s chapel in Westminster Abbey by order of Richard II.

• John Masefield

  Poet

  The ashes of poet and novelist John Masefield were buried in Poets’ Corner on 20th June 1967. The grave adjoins that of Robert Browning.

• John Blow

  Musician and Composer

  John Blow, organist and composer, was buried in the north choir aisle in 1708, near the door which at that time led to the organ.

• John Freind

  Writer, Physician and Doctor

  John Freind, physician and author, has a monument in the south aisle of the nave, not far from his friend and rival Dr Richard Mead.

• Concert: BACH - St John Passion

  Tuesday, 15th April 2025

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by The English Concert for this Holy Week performance of Bach’s moving Johannes-Passion (St John Passion), sung in German.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey event Music Holy Week and Easter Easter