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Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022
Sunday, 3rd July 2022
Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022: What are you supposed to be? That interests me this morning. Let me take you back nearly 500 years. In December 1540, the City of Westminster.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2022
Sunday, 20th November 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2022: Jesus rules from the cross and from the place of risen glory. Each year November begins with the.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2023
Wednesday, 1st November 2023
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2023: God will wipe away every tear. Today's readings centre on the theme of "Praising God and thanking Him for His love.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2017
Sunday, 4th June 2017
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon given at Evensong with the Installation of Dr David Michael Hoyle as Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster
Saturday, 16th November 2019
A month ago, the Abbey celebrated – 750 years. Which makes the Abbey older than Amsterdam.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2020
Sunday, 30th August 2020
February, I think it was one of those cold, February nights when it goes dark early and London hunkers down over a mess of puddles and umbrellas.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022
Sunday, 12th June 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022: The difficulty about that trinitarian doctrine is the difficulty of comprehending a love that goes so deep. For much of the last.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 17th July 2016
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr Victor Stock, Priest Vicar.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2019
Thursday, 15th August 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2019: It’s not just about being good, it’s about becoming holy. Today, brothers and sisters, we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary, the.
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Sermon at a Meditation for Holy Week 2021
Monday, 29th March 2021
Sermon at a Meditation for Holy Week 2021: The beginning of the Church is often ascribed to Pentecost and the sending of the Holy Spirit.
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Mary I
Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. She was crowned in the Abbey on 1st October 1553 and lies buried with Elizabeth I.
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Sir Thomas Robinson & Lady Lechmere
Architect
In the south transept is a memorial to Sir Thomas Robinson, architect, and his wife Elizabeth, Lady Lechmere. The monument incorporates two busts.
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Sir Archibald and Sir James Campbell
Soldier
In the south transept is the grave of Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneil as well as a memorial to him and nephew James Campbell.
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John Gay
Poet and Playwright
John Gay, poet and dramatist, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.
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Edward Vernon
Politician and Sailor
Edward Vernon has a marble memorial in the north transept, near the entry door. He was born in Westminster on 12th November 1684.
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Sir John Balchen
Sailor
In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Admiral Sir John Balchen (or Balchin).
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Lady Dorothy Stafford & her son Edward
In St Margaret's church Westminster is a monument to Lady Dorothy Stafford, lady of the bedchamber to Elizabeth I. She and her son Sir Edward Stafford are buried in the church.
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Peter Heylyn
Priest/Minister
Dr Peter Heylyn, churchman, historian and poet, was buried near the stall he occupied in Westminster Abbey. His tablet is in the north choir aisle.
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Gabriel Goodman
Dean and Priest/Minister
In the chapel of St Benedict is a monument to Welshman Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster 1561-1601. It consists of a bearded figure in Doctor's robes.
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Thomas May
Writer and Historian
Thomas May, writer and historian, was buried in the south transept. When Charles II was restored, May's body was buried in St Margaret's churchyard.