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Creation stories: Sowing the seeds
Tuesday, 6th August 2024
Join us for an enchanting evening of storytelling in Dean's Yard.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Sunday next before Lent 2016
Sunday, 7th February 2016
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 24th July 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2020
Sunday, 5th January 2020
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2020: By grace we are gathered and by grace we shall be gathered. Having Christmas behind us can feel like quite.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2017
Sunday, 14th May 2017
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2017: Beyond rain We’re all familiar with the story of Noah. We’ve given our children and grandchildren a model of an.
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Henry VI
Henry VI was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1429 aged 8. He has a modern statue in the Lady Chapel.
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Soldier
Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland and Bavaria, was buried on 6th December 1682 in a vault with his mother.
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John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
The embalmed body of Prince John of Eltham was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1337 and he has a fine monument. He was born at Eltham manor in Kent.
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Edward VIII
King Edward VIII abdicated the throne before he could be crowned and was succeeded by his brother King George VI.
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William Benson
Abbot and Dean
William Benson, first Dean of Westminster, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey (in the area formerly called the chapel of St Blaize).
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Edmund Kyrton
Abbot
Edmund Kyrton or Kirton was Abbot of Westminster from 1440-1462. He is buried beneath a now lost brass in St Andrew's chapel Westminster Abbey.
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Thomas Blagge
Soldier
Colonel Thomas Blagge was buried in the north transept in November 1660. He was a groom of the bedchamber to Charles I and Charles II.
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Barton Booth
Actor
In the south transept is a memorial to actor Barton Booth. There is a portrait medallion with an allegorical figure crowning him with a laurel.
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James Bringfield
Soldier
In the north aisle of the nave is a memorial tablet to Colonel James Bringfield. This shows trophies, cherub heads and his coat of arms.
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Sir Henry Blackwood
Sailor
On the wall of the west aisle of the north transept is a marble tablet in memory of Vice Admiral the Honourable Sir Henry Blackwood.
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William & Henry Bentinck
Several members of the Bentinck family are buried in the Ormond vault at the eastern end of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
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Blanche Parry
Blanche Parry, lady in waiting to Elizabeth I, is buried in St Margaret's church Westminster with a marble and alabaster monument.
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Adrian Hope
Soldier
In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a stone to Brigadier the Honorable Adrian Hope, who was killed in India.
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Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire
Soldier
Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire, courtier and soldier, was buried in St Paul's chapel on 7th May 1606. But there is no gravestone.
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Sir Thomas Vaughan
Soldier and Diplomat
The tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan, died 1483, is in St John the Baptist's chapel. A Purbeck marble tomb chest stands in an arched canopy.