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• Sir Humphrey Stanley

  Soldier

  On the floor of the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey is a brass to Sir Humphrey Stanley who died in 1505.

• Leave a legacy

  Your legacy can ensure our legacy lives on. By leaving a gift in your Will, you can help preserve the Abbey for future generations.

• 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.

• Jerusalem Chamber

  The Jerusalem Chamber is a medieval room with an original roof and historic tapestries woven in France. King Henry IV died here in 1413.

  Architecture

• Stanley Baldwin

  Politician and Statesman

  A memorial to Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, was unveiled in the nave on 18th December 1997 by Prime Minister Tony Blair.

• Humphrey Salwey

  Politician

  Salwey was buried in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey in 1652. But his body was exhumed, with other followers of Oliver Cromwell, in 1661.

• Humphrey Mackworth

  Soldier

  Humphrey Mackworth, a colonel in Cromwell's Parliamentary army, was buried in a vault in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey but later exhumed.

• Sermon at Ascension Day 2019

  Thursday, 30th May 2019

  We celebrate today the last of our Lord’s resurrection appearances.

  Ascension Day

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618)

  Sunday, 28th October 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618): Do we see the hidden reality in the life of Sir Walter.

• Abbots & Deans

  List of Abbots of the monastery and Deans of the Collegiate Church.

  Notable people Christianity

• Wall paintings

  Our most important wall paintings are from the late 13th century, and include the figures of St Faith, Christ with St Thomas, and St Christopher.

  Art

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2015

  Sunday, 21st June 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Minor Canon and Precentor.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021

  Tuesday, 29th June 2021

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2024

  Friday, 28th June 2024

  Peter is our witness to our humanity, to forgiveness, to grace, and to Christ.

• Fellows' programme

  Westminster Abbey Institute offers a year-long programme in servant leadership for up to 20 public servants who are moving into senior roles.

• Stained Glass

  Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day.

• 9th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Monday, 9th May 1994

  Lecture delivered by The Revd David Conner at Westminster Abbey on 9th May 1994.

• Arthur & Augusta Stanley

  Writer, Dean, Historian and Priest/Minister

  In Henry VII’s chapel is the grave and monument of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, and the grave of his wife Lady Augusta.

• 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Friday, 25th July 2014

  The Reverend Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, gives the 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Beyond Justice'.

• The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 1

  Tuesday, 15th February 2005

  Before I moved to Westminster Abbey, I used to live near an Immigration Detention Centre. Three years ago, just before Christmas, I heard there was no priest working at the Chaplaincy.