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• Abbot Herbert

  Abbot and Priest/Minister

  Abbot Herbert, of Norman extraction, was a monk at Westminster Abbey from about 1085 and may have come with Gilbert Crispin from Bec.

• Rachel Taylor

  In the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is a small wall monument to Rachel (or Rachael) Taylor and her daughter Anne Ludford.

• Sir Clement Clerke

  Sir Clement Clerke was buried in the north cloister on 10th December 1693. His wife Sarah had been buried there on 13th November 1693.

• William Cliffe

  Priest/Minister

  In the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is the grave of William Cliffe and his two nieces Mary and Ann Davies.

• Major General and Mary Lowther

  Soldier

  Major General Lowther and his mother Mary are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey but have no marker.

• William Roberts

  Sailor

  Captain William Roberts, Royal Navy, was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey in 1812 but has no marker.

• Aldam and John Frame

  Gardener

  Aldam and John Frame (Freame) held the post of gardener at Westminster Abbey and are buried in the south cloister.

• Pierson Lloyd

  Priest/Minister

  The Revd. Pierson Lloyd was a master at Westminster School and is buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey.

• Henry Brooker

  Henry Brooker, Library keeper and Receiver General of Westminster Abbey, was buried in the east cloister but no marker remains.

• Elizabeth and John Gregory

  Carpenter

  John Gregory worked as the Abbey carpenter and on his death his widow Elizabeth took over the running of the business.

• Thomas Donkley

  Thomas Donkley, closet keeper to Charles II, was buried in the north cloister with his wife and many children. His grave is not marked.

• Henry Roper

  Musician

  On the wall of the Little Cloister is a memorial to Henry Quittenton Roper, chorister of Westminster Abbey May 1879-November 1884.

• Andrew Bisset

  Soldier

  Lt. General Andrew Bisset (or Bissett) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 27th August 1742 aged 82.

• Sir William Elphinstone

  Lawyer

  Sir William Elphinstone (Elphinstoun or Elveston) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 10th December 1645 but his grave is not marked.

• Francis Hughes

  Musician

  Francis Hughes, well known opera singer of his day, was buried on 21st March 1744 in the west cloister but has no marker.

• Stephen Baber

  Stephen Baber was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 27th March 1679 but his gravestone is no longer readable.

• Charles Walter Congreve

  Priest/Minister

  In the south cloister is the grave of Charles Walter Congreve, archdeacon of Armagh. He was a son of John Congreve of Congreve in Staffordshire.

• George Slaughter

  Soldier

  Captain George Slaughter was buried in the north cloister. His gravestone is no longer readable but the inscription was recorded in a book.

• Michael Hare

  In the west cloister is the grave of Michael and Mary Hare. He lived in Millbank street Westminster. Mary was a child of James Merest.

• Enoch Hawkins

  Musician

  Enoch Hawkins, the "finest alto singer of his day", was buried in the west cloister. The original memorial was replaced by the present marble tablet.