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• John Sharole

  Musician and Priest/Minister

  John Sharole (or Du Charol) was a minor canon and is buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. His grave inscription has worn away.

• John Beverley

  John Beverley, valet or yeoman to Edward III, was buried in the south ambulatory of Westminster Abbey near the king's tomb. His mother was Matilda.

• John Roberts

  Politician

  Above the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Poets' Corner is a white marble monument to politician John Roberts. The memorial was erected in 1776.

• John Rae

  Writer and Broadcaster

  The ashes of Dr John Rae, Head Master of Westminster School, were buried in the Dark Cloister, which leads to the schoolyard from the cloisters.

• John Coleman

  John Coleman was buried in the north cloister and has a plain marble tablet. Catherine Coleman, presumed to be his widow, was buried near him.

• John Church

  Musician

  John Church, composer, was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey on 10th January 1741. The Precentor called him "very worthy and honest".

• John Fox

  Priest/Minister

  John Fox was buried on 27th September 1623 in the north transept (the broad aisle) of Westminster Abbey but he has no memorial or marker.

• John Frost

  Musician and Priest/Minister

  John Frost was Minor Canon and Chanter of Westminster Abbey 1623-1642 and was buried on 10th May 1642 in the north transept near the porch.

• John Isham

  Musician and Composer

  John Isham, organist and composer, was buried in the middle chancel of St Margaret's on 12th June 1726. He had been organist there since 1718.

• John Bunyan

  Writer and Priest/Minister

  A memorial window to writer and preacher John Bunyan was unveiled in the west aisle of the north transept on 25th January 1912.

• John Laurence

  Soldier

  In the west cloister is a monument to John Laurence (Lawrence). This was originally in the south walk, where he was presumably buried, but was moved.

• John Harrison

  Scientist

  In 2006 a memorial stone for John Harrison, clock maker and developer of the marine chronometer, was unveiled in the nave.

• John Rice

  Musician

  John Rice, sometime organist of Trinity Church, New York, USA, was buried with his father in the south cloister on 24 March 1808, aged 84.

• John Ruskin

  Writer

  A memorial to author and critic John Ruskin was unveiled in Poets' Corner on 8th February 1902. The bronze roundel encloses a portrait.

• John Esteney

  Abbot

  The tomb of John Esteney (or Estney), Abbot of Westminster, is now in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey, in front of General Wolfe's memorial.

• 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 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.