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Alphonso Marsh
Musician and Composer
Alphonso Marsh, composer and royal musician, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 9th April 1692 but he has no marker.
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Sarah Thorpe
In the Dark Cloister area is the grave of Sarah Thorpe. Only the words "THORPE" and the date 1776 can now be read.
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Susanna Gunning
Novelist
Susanna Gunning, novelist, was buried in the north cloister on 5th September 1800 aged 60. She seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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George Gabriel Stokes
Scientist, Mathematician and Physicist
In the north choir aisle is a bronze roundel by Sir Hamo Thorneycroft to the memory of George Gabriel Stokes, physicist and mathematician.
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Edward Glanvill
Edward Glanvill was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey, adjoining the stone to William Shield. The stone is a little faint.
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Gilbert Thornburgh
Gilbert Thornburgh, Gentleman of the Cellar to the King, was buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Walter Jones
Priest/Minister
Dr Walter Jones, Sub Dean of Westminster, was buried near his seat in the Quire on 15th July 1672 but he had no marker.
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William Hatteclyffe
Physician and Diplomat
William Hatteclyffe (sometimes called Atcliff) was a diplomat and physician and was buried on the right side of the altar in the old Lady Chapel.
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Edward Spragge
Sailor
Admiral Sir Edward Spragge was buried in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey (most probably the north ambulatory) but his grave was never marked.
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Theodore Palaeologus
Soldier
In the chapel of St Michael is the grave of Theodore Palaeologus, buried 3rd May 1644. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Parliamentary army.
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L.J. & Mary Skaggs
Philanthropist
Levi Justin Skaggs and his wife Mary Cornelia (Dee) were generous benefactors to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal. In Henry VII's chapel are two windows.
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George Lemitare (Lemetayer)
Lawyer
George Lemitare (name also written as Lemetayer, Limeter or Lymitter) was buried in the south ambulatory on 14th January 1626 but nothing marks his grave.
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Giles Daubeney
Soldier
Sir Giles Daubeney was buried in St Paul’s chapel in Westminster Abbey where his alabaster effigy lies next to that of his wife.
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William Forbes
In the north transept is the grave of William Forbes. The arms carved on the stone are quarterly Forbes with Preston of Formantine.
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Thomas, Lord Wharton
Politician
Thomas, 2nd Lord Wharton was buried in St Michael's chapel on 26th June 1572. But he seems never to have had a monument or gravestone.
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Ann Whytell
Ann Whytell or Whytall was buried in the north aisle of the nave on 22nd August 1788. Her sister Elizabeth erected a monument to her.
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Edward Aspinwall
Writer and Priest/Minister
Reverend Edward Aspinwall was buried in the south transept on 8th August 1732. But he seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone or monument.
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Sir Robert Lane
Politician
Sir Robert Lane was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 2nd October 1624 but he has no monument or marker.
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Hammond Witherley
Musician
Hammond Witherley, singer, was buried on 4th October 1717 in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. No gravestone seems to have been inscribed for him.
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Lady Mary Biddulph
Lady Mary Biddulph was buried in the north aisle on 15th September 1689 "near Sir Edward Spragge". It is thought this was the north ambulatory.