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• 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.

• Michael Wentworth

  politician

  Michael Wentworth, M.P., was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster in 1558 but has no marker.

• Celebrating St Edward

  In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.

• Richard III

  Richard III was crowned in the Abbey on 6th July 1483. Almost the entire peerage of England was present at what was a magnificent spectacle.

• Matthew Boulton

  Scientist, Philanthropist and Engineer

  In 2014 a cast iron floor stone was unveiled to the memory of Matthew Boulton, entrepreneur of the Industrial Revolution, in Westminster Abbey.

• James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

  Soldier

  James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and several members of his family are buried in the Ormond vault at the eastern end of Henry VII's chapel.

• Edward Popham

  Soldier and Sailor

  In the chapel of St John the Baptist there is a monument to Colonel Edward Popham, naval and army officer, and his wife Anne.

• Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso

  Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso was buried in Westminster Abbey in March 1615. Her monument had originally shown her two children, Oliver and Anne.

• Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester

  Statesman

  Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester and his first wife are buried in St Paul's chapel. He has a large monument and effigy by sculptor Nicholas Stone.

• Edward Hyde & family

  Politician, Historian and Diplomat

  Various members of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon's family are buried with him in a vault in the north ambulatory, near Henry VII's chapel.

• Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex

  In St Benedict's chapel is a large tomb, with white marble effigies, to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and his second wife Anne.

• Thomas Knipe

  Priest/Minister

  In the south choir aisle is a tablet in memory of the Reverend Dr Thomas Knipe, Head Master of Westminster School and Prebendary of Westminster.

• Richard Mead

  Physician and Doctor

  The memorial to Dr Richard Mead is to be found on the north side of the nave but he is actually buried in Temple Church.

• Thomas Shadwell

  Writer and Playwright

  Thomas Shadwell, dramatist and writer of comedies and operas, has a black and white marble monument in the east aisle of Poets' Corner.

• Owen Davies

  In the north cloister is the grave of Owen Davies and his wife Mary (Cliffe). Owen was Receiver General of the Abbey from 1729.

• Sibell, Countess Grosvenor

  Philanthropist

  Sibell, Countess Grosvenor gave money in 1924 for a new altar to be erected in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• 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.

• Ellen Bust

  Ellen Bust, nee Griffith, was buried in the north cloister on 28th April 1697. A monument on the wall nearby was removed some time ago.

• Zimmerman Family

  Philanthropist

  Beside the steps leading to Henry VII's chapel are two enamelled copper plates, in green and red, for the Zimmerman family of the USA.

• Ann Ferrers

  Ann Ferrers, wife of John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, was buried in St Paul's chapel in May 1715 but she has no gravestone or monument.