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• Edward Aspinwall

  Writer and Priest/Minister

  Reverend Edward Aspinwall was buried in the south transept on 8th August 1732. But he seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone or monument.

• Edward Jones

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend Dr Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, and his son Richard are buried in St Margaret's Church Westminster.

• Edward Vernon

  Politician and Sailor

  Edward Vernon has a marble memorial in the north transept, near the entry door. He was born in Westminster on 12th November 1684.

• Margaret, daughter of Edward I

  On the 8th of July 1290 Margaret, daughter of Edward I, was married to John, son of the Duke of Brabant, in Westminster Abbey.

• Feast of the Translation of Saint Edward the Confessor

  Monday, 13th October 2025

  Celebrate the life of Saint Edward with us, as we mark the day of his translation to the Shrine in the centre of the Abbey.

  Edwardtide

• 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.

• Edward the Confessor and Edith

  Edward the Confessor was King from 1042 to 1066. He founded a monastery to St Peter, known as Westminster Abbey. His body still lies in his Shrine.

• Sir Edward Rogers

  Politician

  Sir Edward Rogers, Comptroller of the Household of Elizabeth I, was buried in St John the Evangelist's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• John and Edward Tufnell

  John Tufnell and his son Edward were both master masons at Westminster Abbey and are buried in the south cloister.

• Sir Edward Elgar

  Musician and Composer

  A memorial to the eminent composer Sir Edward Elgar was unveiled in the north choir (or Musicians') aisle in Westminster Abbey on 1st June 1972.

• John and Edward Willis

  Carpenter

  In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is the grave of John Willis, Abbey carpenter, his son Edward and niece Ann.

• Sir Edward Broughton

  Soldier

  Sir Edward Broughton died from wounds received in the battle of Lowestoft and was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey in June 1665.

• Edward and George Morris

  Writer, Politician, Physician, Doctor and Lawyer

  Edward Morris, lawyer and Member of Parliament, and his brother George Paulet Morris, physician, are buried in St Margaret's. Their memorial tablet is now invisible.

• Sir Edward Sutton

  Sir Edward Sutton was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1st August 1695 but the exact location is not known and he has no monument.

• Edward and Muriel Fitzroy

  Politician

  The ashes of Edward Algernon Fitzroy, politician, soldier, dairy farmer and Speaker of the House of Commons are buried in the chancel of St Margaret's.

• Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I

  Joan was a daughter of Edward I. On the 30th April 1290 she married Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester in Westminster Abbey.

• Saint's and Royal tombs discovered after 1,000 years

  Friday, 2nd December 2005

  Ancient Royal crypt revealed in Abbey foundations.

  Edward the Confessor

• Edward and Francis Smedley

  Priest/Minister

  In the west cloister are two white marble tablets to the Reverend Edward Smedley and his son Francis, but neither are buried at the Abbey.

• Sir Edward Knapp-Fisher

  Lawyer

  In the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Sir Edward Knapp-Fisher, Abbey Receiver General from 1917-1938. He was knighted in 1930.

• Edward Wortley Montagu

  Edward Wortley Montagu, born 1750, illegitimate son of the traveller, diplomat and gambler of the same name, has a memorial tablet in the west cloister.