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James Butler, Duke of Ormond & family
Soldier
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, and several members of his family, are buried in a vault at the east end of Henry VII's chapel.
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Anne (Stanhope), Duchess of Somerset & Jane Seymour
Anne Stanhope, Duchess of Somerset is buried in St Nicholas' chapel. In the chapel of St Edmund is a monument to her daughter Lady Jane.
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Elizabeth Cecil
There are four Elizabeth Cecils buried here - Baroness Ros, the Countess of Berkshire, the Countess of Devonshire and the wife of Sir Robert Cecil.
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Brian and Thomas Duppa
Priest/Minister
In the north ambulatory is the grave of Brian Duppa, Bishop of Winchester. His nephew, Sir Thomas Duppa, is buried in the north choir aisle.
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Sir Clowdisley Shovell
Sailor
In the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a large marble monument to the famous Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell, by the sculptor Grinling Gibbons.
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RAF Chapel
At the eastern end of the Lady Chapel is the Royal Air Force chapel dedicated to the men who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
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Muniment collection
Our archive is one of the oldest and richest in England. We hold the records of Westminster Abbey from the tenth century to the present.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2019
Sunday, 17th February 2019
Sermon at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2019: Seeing in the dark The Feast of Candlemas, which the Church observed at the beginning of February, celebrates one of the most.
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Evening Service Address: "Abraham and Isaac"
Sunday, 1st March 2020
Address given at the Evening Service "Abraham and Isaac": Let us not omit our questions in the search for truth. Britten wrote Abraham and Isaac just after the premiere of his opera,.
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5th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 31st May 1990
Delivered by The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 31st May 1990 and subsequently at Lincoln Minster and Keble College, Oxford.
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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.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls’ Day 2017
Thursday, 2nd November 2017
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.
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Address of the Pope Given at a Service of Evening Prayer
Friday, 17th September 2010
Address given by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2015
Sunday, 11th January 2015
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Corpus Christi 2015
Thursday, 4th June 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2015
Sunday, 14th June 2015
Sermon given by The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, The Episcopal Church, USA.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of St Peter the Apostle 2015
Monday, 29th June 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2015
Sunday, 9th August 2015
Sermon given by The Reverend Tony Kyriakides, Priest Vicar.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2015
Sunday, 13th September 2015
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.