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• Thomas Thirlby

  Priest/Minister

  Thomas Thirlby (c.1500-1570) was consecrated the first and only Bishop of the new short-lived diocese of Westminster in December 1540.

• Sulcard

  Historian

  Sulcard was a monk at Westminster Abbey from around the 1050s and wrote a history of the monastery. He may have come from Rochester, Kent.

• Abbot Edwin

  Abbot and Priest/Minister

  Edwin was Abbot of Westminster from 1049-1071 and was a friend and adviser to Edward the Confessor. He was at the consecration of Edward’s Abbey.

• Walter Hines Page

  Diplomat

  In the vestibule of the Chapter House is a memorial to American Ambassador Walter Hines Page. He was ambassador in England during the Great War.

• J.R. Clayton & Alfred Bell

  Artist

  John Richard Clayton and Alfred Bell designed several stained glass windows for Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church Westminster. Clayton also designed some memorials.

• Joan Howson

  Artist

  Joan Howson (1885-1964), stained glass artist, worked on the re-glazing of the windows in the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey after wartime bomb damage.

• Responsibility for the care of the Chapter House passed to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster

  Saturday, 15th May 2004

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr and the Chief Executive of English Heritage, Dr Simon Thurley, celebrated an important agreement for the ancient Chapter House and Pyx Chamber on 10th May 2004.

  Chapter House Pyx Chamber

• Restoration of one of London's oldest buildings has begun

  Monday, 12th January 2009

  An ambitious project to repair and conserve Westminster Abbeys Chapter House, the birthplace of Parliament, has begun.

  conservation

• 750th Anniversary of Simon de Montfort Parliament

  Friday, 23rd January 2015

  The 750th anniversary of the Simon de Montfort Parliament was remembered at Evensong in Westminster Abbey at 5.00 pm on Thursday 22nd January 2015.

  Special Service Simon de Montfort Parliament

• New exhibition on Notre Dame de Paris opens

  Wednesday, 7th February 2024

  The world touring immersive exhibition Notre Dame de Paris, The Augmented Exhibition opens today at the Abbey until 1st June 2024.