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• Richard Briers to narrate Crucifixus pro Nobis

  Tuesday, 11th March 2008

  The distinguished actor Richard Briers will be the narrator at Crucifixus Pro Nobis, the Abbey’s meditation in words and music on the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ on Tuesday 11th March at 7.00pm.

  Richard Briers Passion

• Solomon Richards

  Soldier

  Colonel Solomon Richards was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 6th October 1691 but nothing marks his grave.

• Richard Gouland

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend Richard Gouland, Keeper of the Library at Westminster Abbey, is buried in the north cloister. His marble monument includes a skull and drapery.

• Richard Mead

  Physician and Doctor

  The memorial to Dr Richard Mead is to be found on the north side of the nave but he is actually buried in Temple Church.

• Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried in the Abbey

  Friday, 15th June 2018

  A Service of Thanksgiving for Stephen Hawking was held at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018, during which his ashes were interred in the Nave.

  Stephen Hawking Memorial dedication

• Richard Creed

  Soldier

  There are memorials to two people named Richard Creed in the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey: Major Richard Creed and Lieutenant Richard Creed.

• Richard Bingham

  Soldier

  In the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a wall tablet of black alabaster, with a shield of arms, for Sir Richard Bingham.

• Richard Harweden

  Abbot and Priest

  Richard Harweden was Abbot of Westminster from 1420-1440 and died in mid 1441. He has no monument.

• Richard Tyrrell

  Sailor

  In a window recess of the south aisle of the nave is a large monument of marble to the memory of Rear Admiral Richard Tyrrell.

• Richard Willis & family

  On the south wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a memorial tablet to Richard Willis and members of his family.

• Ashes of Dr Wesley Carr buried in the Abbey

  Wednesday, 25th April 2018

  Evensong on Tuesday 24th April 2018 was followed by the burial of the ashes of the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr KCVO, who was Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.

  The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr

• Richard II and Anne of Bohemia

  Richard was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 16th July 1377 aged 10. He married Anne of Bohemia in January 1382 and both are buried in the Abbey. His portrait hangs in the nave.

• ‘They buried him among the kings’

  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.

• Richard III

  Richard III was crowned in the Abbey on 6th July 1483. Almost the entire peerage of England was present at what was a magnificent spectacle.

• Richard Warburton

  Politician

  Richard Warburton, descended from the ancient family of Warburton, was buried in the south cloister on 29th October 1771, but he has no readable gravestone.

• Richard Knevet

  Richard Knevet was a gentleman pensioner of Elizabeth I and was buried in St John the Evangelist's chapel at Westminster Abbey in 1559.

• Richard Lucas

  Priest/Minister

  Dr Richard Lucas is buried in the south transept. In 1677 he published the first of many works, Practical Christianity, and was a noted preacher.

• Richard Murray

  Sailor

  Captain Richard Murray was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey but has no marker.

• Richard Guise

  Musician and Composer

  Richard Guise, singer and composer, was buried in the north cloister on 17th March 1806. He never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.

• Richard Cobden

  Statesman

  Cobden, statesman and champion of free trade, has a memorial in the west aisle of the north transept. Dickens signed the petition for erecting it.