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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots is buried in a tomb erected by her son James I in the south aisle of the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
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37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 25th May 2023
Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart
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27th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 10th May 2012
The well-rehearsed arguments about the establishment of the Church of England require revisiting at a time when the nature of sovereignty and location of power have substantially shifted.
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One People Oration 2000
Monday, 10th July 2000
Speaker: General Sir Michael Rose
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15th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 4th May 2000
Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Martyn Percy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 4th May 2000 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford and the Cathedral, Sheffield.
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22nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 10th May 2007
Delivered by The Reverend Dr Richard A. Burridge, Dean of King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2007 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.
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Longueville Family
In the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey are the graves of William Longueville, his wife and son and Katherine wife of Sir Thomas Longueville.
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Abbots & Deans
List of Abbots of the monastery and Deans of the Collegiate Church.
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Jane Boughton & Anne Fleet
Jane Boughton was buried in the south transept on 16th November 1614 but nothing marks her grave. She was the widow of William Boughton.
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James, Lord Cranstoun
James, Lord Cranstoun was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 14th July 1773. He seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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The Nation's Memory
When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.
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Alice Paule
Alice Paule, wife of Dr William Paule, bishop of Oxford and a chaplain to the King, was buried on 20th November 1635 near the font.
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Letitia, Countess of Donegal
Letitia, Countess of Donegal was buried in a vault at the east end of the Lady Chapel on 15th May 1691. She has no monument.
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Smalbroke Family
In the south cloister of Westminster Abbey is the grave of three members of the Smalbroke family: Catherine Smalbroke, William Smalbroke and Richard Smalbroke.
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Anne Gawen
On the wall of the fourth bay of the north cloister is a small tablet to Anne Gawen and her parents Isaac and Frances Bush.
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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.
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Ann Jett
Ann Jett was buried at the west end of the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 29th April 1721 but she has no marker.
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Henry I
Henry I’s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 5th August 1100. He married Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 1100.
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Princess Mary of Orange
Princess Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, is buried in a vault in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel.
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Sir Francis Allen
Soldier
Sir Francis Allen was buried in the south transept, near William Thynne's tomb, but he had no monument and his gravestone has worn away.