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Businesses (11)
- Clayton & Bell, stained glass manufacturers London
- Farmer and Brindley, architectural sculptors London
- GN Haden & Sons Ltd, heating engineers, Trowbridge Trowbridge, Wiltshire
- Henry Poole and Sons Westminster, Middlesex
- M.T. Bayne & Co
- Marshall Sisson, architect Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire
- Piersy & Co Westminster, Middlesex
- Rattee & Kett Ltd, builders Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Seeley and Paget
- Sir Andrew King, merchant London;Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire
- Thomas Potter, iron founder Hampstead, Middlesex
Organisations (42)
- Abingdon Abbey Abingdon, Berkshire
- Bermondsey Priory, later (1399) Abbey Bermondsey, Surrey;Chalk, Kent
- Bishop John Warner's bounty for poor benefices in the diocese of Rochester Kent
- Bristol port Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Caerleon (later Llantarnam) Abbey Caerleon, Monmouthshire
- Chertsey Abbey Chertsey, Surrey
- Donnington Priory Donnington, Berkshire
- Dr Triplett's Charity Hayes, Middlesex;Haughley, Suffolk
- Easton Priory (Trinitarian) Easton, Wiltshire
- General Chapters of the Benedictine Order Selby, Yorkshire;Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Guild of St Mary Rounceval Westminster, Middlesex
- Guild of the Blessed Mary, Boston Boston, Lincolnshire
- Guild of the Virgin's Assumption Westminster, Middlesex
- Hallingbury Hospital Hallingbury, Essex
- Hospital of St Leonard and the Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge Knightsbridge, Middlesex
- Hurley Priory Hurley, Berkshire
- Ixworth Priory Ixworth, Suffolk
- London Friary (Franciscan) London
- Luffield Priory Luffield Abbey, Buckinghamshire
- Middlesex Coroner Middlesex
- Ministry of Works
- Moatenden Priory (Trinitarian) Moatenden, Kent
- Order of St John of Jerusalem
- Poughley Priory Poughley, Berkshire
- Purcell Club, male voice group Westminster, Middlesex
- Robert South's Charity Islip, Oxfordshire;Easington, Oxfordshire
- Savoy Hospital, Westminster Westminster, Middlesex
- St Andrew parish, Great Staughton Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire
- St Botolph's Priory, Colchester Colchester, Essex
- St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Windsor, Berkshire
- St James' Hospital, Westminster Westminster, Middlesex
- St Katherine's Hospital, Ledbury Ledbury, Herefordshire
- St Martin le Grand College, London Westminster, Middlesex
- Stoke-by-Clare Priory (Alien) Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
- Sudbury Priory Sudbury, Suffolk
- Westminster Abbey Westminster, Middlesex;Teddington, Middlesex;Kelvedon, Essex;Aldenham, Hertfordshire;Pershore, Worcestershire;Pirton, Worcestershire
- Westminster Chapter estates Westminster, Middlesex
- Westminster Coroner Westminster, Middlesex
- Westminster School Westminster, Middlesex
- Whicher and Kifford Almshouses Westminster, Middlesex;Lambeth, Surrey;Seaford, Sussex;South Molton, Devon
- Winchcombe Abbey Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Persons (278)
- Abbott, Eric Symes, (1906-1983), Dean of Westminster Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Adee, Swithin, (1703-1786), physician and antiquary
- Allen, Joshua, (d 1764), Anglican Priest
- Allen, Ralph, (1693-1764), businessman and philanthropist Bath, Somerset
- Allett, Robert, (1550-1600), Chapter Clerk of Westminster Abbey
- Atterbury, Francis, (1663-1732), Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester
- Austen, Henry, (d 1809), Anglican Priest Tonbridge, Kent
- Bagenore, Henry de, (d c1232) Bagnor, Berkshire
- Baldwin, Stanley, (1867-1947), 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, statesman
- Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor, (1883-1953), Knight, composer
- Beaufort, Lady Margaret, (1443-1509) Countess of Richmond and Derby, cultural benefactor
- Beeching, Henry Charles, (1859-1919), Dean of Norwich Writer
- Bell, William, (1731-1816), Anglican clergyman Westminster, Middlesex
- Bennett, Sallie Maxwell, (1856-1944), philanthropist United States of America
- Bentham, Edward, (1707-1776), Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher
- Berkyng, Richard de, (d 1246), Abbot of Westminster
- Bernasconi, Francis, (1762-1841), artist
- Bilson, John, (1856-1943), architect, antiquary and architectural historian Newark, Nottinghamshire
- Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond, (1891-1975), Knight, composer Barnes, Surrey
- Blore, Edward, (1787-1879), architect, artist and antiquary
- Blount, Stephen le, (d1340), Clerk of the Wardrobe, Rector of Leatherhead, Surrey Leatherhead, Surrey
- Bower, Stephen Ernest Dykes, (1903-1994), architect Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Bradley, George Granville, (1821-1903), Dean of Westminster
- Bray, Sir Reynold, (c 1440-1503), Knight Statesman
- Breakspeare, Ranulph, (fl c1150-1180), clerk of Feering Feering, Essex
- Britten, Edward Benjamin, (1913-1976), Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, composer Lowestoft, Suffolk;Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Browne, Eric Gore, (1885-1964), Knight, soldier, businessman and banker Farnborough, Kent
- Burford, John de, (d c1322), alderman of London
- Burnet, Gilbert, (1643-1715), Bishop of Salisbury and historian Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Burton, George, (1717-1791), Rector of Heningswell, antiquary
- Busby, Richard, (1606-1695), Anglican Priest, Headmaster of Westminster School Lutton, Lincolnshire;Martock, Somerset;Willen, Buckinghamshire;Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire
- Buttress, Donald Reeve, (b1932), architect
- Cabot, John, (c1450-c1499), explorer
- Calverley, Hugh de, (d c1393), Knight, Admiral of the South and West
- Capon, William, (1757-1827), architect, artist Norwich, Norfolk
- Carleton, John Dudley, (1908-1974), Headmaster of Westminster School Westminster, Middlesex
- Carter, John, (1748-1817), draughtsman, architect and antiquary
- Cavell, Edith Louisa, (1865-1915), Nurse
- Caxton, William, (d c1492), printer
- Chalfunte, Joan, (d c 1403), of Maldon Maldon, Essex
- Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt, (1781-1841), Knight, Knight, Sculptor
- Charles, (1394-1465), Duke of Orleans, poet
- Charlton, Thomas, (?1394-?1447), Knight Edmonton, Middlesex
- Cheyner, Henry, (d 1342), mercer of London
- Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, (1874-1965), Knight, prime minister and historian
- Clark, Richard, (1780-1856), musican Datchet, Buckinghamshire
- Clarke, William, (fl 1828-1840), mason
- Clavering, Robert, (c1675-1747), Bishop of Peterborough, orientalist Peterborough, Northamptonshire
- Comper, Sir John Ninian, (1864-1960), Knight, architect Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Cornwallis, Frederick, (1713-1783), Archbishop of Canterbury London
- Courayer, Pierre Francois Le, (1681-1776), French theologian
- Courtenay, Henry, (d 1469), Knight
- Crafford, Jehan, (fl 1490), servant to Mons.Thomas Delagarde
- Cranmer, Thomas, (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Crawley, William, (d 1780), Anglican clergyman Gravesend, Kent
- Creighton, Robert, (1593-1672), Bishop of Bath and Wells Dunkeld, Perthshire;Wells, Somerset
- Crendon, John, (b c1315), monk of Westminster Abbey
- Cundy, Samuel Tansley, (1816-1867), mason
- Currey, John, (fl 1773-1777), Vicar of East Dereham East Dereham, Norfolk
- Davidson, Randall Thomas, (1848-1930), Baron Davidson of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Denne, John, (1693-1767), Archdeacon of Rochester, antiquary
- Denny, Anthony, (1501-1549), Knight, courtier
- Derby, John, (fl 1765), Anglican clergyman
- Dickinson, William, (c1670-1724), architect
- Digges, Dudley, (1613-1643), writer, Royalist pamphleteer Chilham, Kent
- Docwra, Thomas, (d 1527), Knight, Grand Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England
- Don, Alan Campbell, (1885-1966), Dean of Westminster
- Dyson, Sir George, (1883-1964), Knight, organist and composer Halifax, Yorkshire
- Easton, Hugh Ray, (1906-1965), artist in stained glass London
- Edward II, (1284-1327), King of England
- Edward III, (1312-1377), King of England
- Elgar, Sir Edward William, (1857-1934), 1st Baronet Composer Broadheath, Worcestershire
- Elkan, Benno, (1877-1960), sculptor
- Elmham, Richard de, (d c 1228), canon of Martin le Grand, London
- Fisher, Albert, (fl 1920), Captain
- Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, (1887-1972), Baron Fisher of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury Nuneaton, Warwickshire
- Fisher, John Arbuthnot, (1841-1920), 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet
- Forster, Thomas, (1700-1800), clergyman
- Foster, John Peter, (1919-2010), architect
- Frere, Temple, (1781-1859), Canon of Westminster
- Gassaway, Thomas, (1600-1658), carpenter Westminster, Middlesex
- Gayfere, Thomas, (1720-1812), mason
- Gayfere, Thomas, (1755-1827), mason
- Gerard, James Watson, (1867-1951), US diplomat United States of America
- Gil, Alexander, (?1596-1642), High Master of St Paul’s School, poet
- Gilbert, Robert, (d c1391), of Maldon Maldon, Essex
- Gladstone, William Ewart, (1809-1898), statesman
- Goldsmith, Samuel, (fl 1692-1698), of Suffolk and Hampshire Suffolk;Hampshire
- Grene, John de la, (d c1311), clerk of St Michael Queenhithe, London London
- Grylls, Thomas Henry, (1873-1953), glass painter
- Handel, George Frederick, (1685-1759), musical composer Halle, Germany;London
- Harris, Sir William Henry, (1883-1973), Knight, organist and conductor Fulham, Middlesex
- Hartley, James, (fl1774-1810), steward of Mathon Manor Mathon, Worcestershire
- Hawkesworth, John, (1720-1773), Author
- Hawksmoor, Nicholas, (1661-1736), architect
- Healy, Richard, (b1655), Anglican clergyman Wells, Somerset
- Heberden, William, (1710-1801), Physician
- Hemenhale, Edmund, (d c1349), mercer of London
- Henderson, Arthur Edward, (1870-1956), artist
- Henry IV, (1366-1413), King of England
- Henry VII, (1457-1509), King of England
- Henson, Herbert Hensley, (1863-1947), Bishop of Hereford and Durham Durham, Durham
- Heritage, John, (c 1470-c 1535), merchant farmer Gloucestershire
- Heritage, Thomas, (c 1470-1537), Surveyor of the King's Works
- Herring, Thomas, (1693-1757), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Hinchliffe, John, (1731-1794), Bishop of Peterborough Peterborough, Northamptonshire
- Hitch, Nathaniel, (1845-1938), sculptor Ware, Hertfordshire
- Hoadly, Benjamin, (1676-1761), Bishop of Winchester Westerham, Kent;Winchester, Hampshire
- Hodge, Henry, (fl 1880), artist
- Holland, John, (c1395-1447), 2nd Duke of Exeter
- Hooke, Robert, (1635-1703), natural philosopher Freshwater, Isle of Wight
- Hoton, John, (fl 1390-1396), fishmonger of London London
- Howells, Herbert Norman, (1892-1983), composer Lydney, Gloucestershire
- Hunt, Thomas, (d 1774), Canon of Christ Church Oxford, Regius Professor of Hebrew and Arabic
- Ireland, John, (1761-1842), Dean of Westminster Ashburton, Devon
- Islip, John, (1464-1532), Abbot of Westminster Westminster, Middlesex
- Jacob, Gordon, (1895-1984), composer
- Joan, (1328-1385), Countess of Kent, Princess of Wales
- John of Gaunt, (1340-1399), 1st Duke of Lancaster Ghent, Belgium
- Johnson, Robert James, (1832-1892), architect
- Jonson, Benjamin, (? 1573-1637), Dramatist and Poet
- Jortin, John, (1698-1770), Anglican clergyman, church historian
- Keene, Edmund, (1714-1781), Bishop of Ely King's Lynn, Norfolk
- King, Charles Robert Baker, (1837-1916), architect
- King, Henry, (fl 1900), choir secretary, Westminster Abbey
- King, Nathaniel, (fl 1686), scholar
- King, Oliver, (c1432-1503), Bishop of Bath and Wells
- Labilliere, Paul Fulcrand Delacour de, (1879-1946), Dean of Westminster
- Lang, William Cosmo Gordon, (1864-1945), Baron Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Langham, Simon de, (1310-1376), Archbishop of Canterbury Langham, Rutland
- Latham, George, (c1795-1871), architect Nantwich, Cheshire
- Latini, Brunetto, (1220-1294), philosopher, scholar and statesman
- Ledward, Gilbert, (1888-1960), sculptor
- Lee, Arthur Hamilton, (1868-1947), 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, statesman
- Lennox, Charles, (1701-1750), 2nd Duke of Richmond, Lieutenant General
- Lethaby, William Richard, (1857-1931), architect and historian Barnstaple, Devon
- Lewis, George, (1712-1771), Vicar of Westerham, Kent Westerham, Kent
- Leycestre, Walter de, (fl 1381-1389), King's Sergeant at Arms
- Lindsay, John Seymour, (1882-1966), designer
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, (1807-1882), American Poet
- Lowth, Robert, (1710-1787), Bishop of London
- Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer, (1869-1944), Knight, architect
- Mann, Sir James Gow, (1897-1962), Knight, museum curator, historian of armour
- Marie de Cleves, (1426-1487), Duchess of Orleans
- Markham, William, (1719-1807), Archbishop of York
- Marriott, Stephen Jack, (1886-1964), Canon of Westminster Abbey
- Masefield, John Edward, (1878-1967), poet
- McKie, William Neil, (1901-1984), Knight, musican, composer
- Meredith, Thomas, (fl 1565-1576), of Brecon Brecon, Brecknockshire
- Merritt, Henry, (1822-1877), artist
- Micklethwaite, John Thomas, (1843-1906), Antiquary, Architect
- Milman, Henry Hart, (1791-1868), Dean of St Paul's
- Modyford, Sir James, (d 1673), Baronet Deputy Governor of Jamaica
- Montgomery, Bernard Law, (1887-1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery, Field Marshal
- Morgan, Henry, (c 1635-1688), Admiral and privateer
- Morice, William, (fl 1729), High Bailiff of Westminster
- Morley, George, (1597-1684), Bishop of Winchester
- Mostyn, John, (fl c1650-1700)
- Nedham, John, (fl 1662-1705), Receiver-General of Westminster Abbey
- Neile, Richard, (1562-1640), Archbishop of York
- Neville, Cicely, (1415-1495), Duchess of York Raby Castle, Durham
- Newton, Thomas, (1704-1782), Bishop of Bristol Lichfield, Staffordshire
- Noppen, John George, (1887-1951), art historian Wilmslow, Cheshire
- Norris, William Foxley, (1859-1937), Dean of Westminster
- Oakley, Richard, (fl 1620-1645), Receiver General of Westminster Abbey
- Parfect, Caleb, (1710-1770), Vicar of Shorne, Kent Shorne, Kent
- Parfect, John, (d 1774), Anglican clergyman
- Parker, George, (1697-1764), 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, astronomer
- Parker, Thomas, (1666-1732), 1st Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor
- Parker, Thomas, (1723-1795), 3rd Earl of Macclesfield
- Parsons, Denis Alva, (1934-2012), sculptor and craftsman Polesworth, Warwickshire
- Pearce, Zachary, (1690-1774), Bishop of Rochester
- Pearson, Frank Loughborough, (1864-1947), architect
- Pearson, John Loughborough, (1817-1897), Architect
- Peers, Sir Charles Reed, (1868-1952), Knight, architect and antiquary
- Pelham-Holles, Sir Thomas, (1693-1768), 1st Duke of Newcastle, statesman
- Perceval, Spencer, (1762-1812), statesman
- Perkins, Jocelyn Henry Temple, (1869-1962), Canon and Sacrist of Westminster Abbey
- Perrie, Jonathan, (fl 1760)
- Pertenale, Thomas, (d c1361), of Haddenham Haddenham, Cambridgeshire
- Plantagenet, Richard, (1411-1460), 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, 7th Earl of Ulster Thaxted, Essex;Sudbury, Suffolk;Clare, Suffolk
- Plummer, Pauline, (b1930), painting conservator and restorer
- Portu, Jacobus de, (fl 1260-1266), Canon of Syracuse
- Pratt, Charles, (1714-1794), 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor
- Prickard, Thomas, (fl 1762-1792), Auditor and Coroner of Westminster Abbey Westminster, Middlesex
- Pridden, John, (1758-1825), Anglican clergyman, antiquary, architect and philanthropist
- Pudsey, Hugh, (c1125-1195), Bishop of Durham Durham, Durham
- Pulteney, Harry, (1686-1767), soldier, MP
- Pulteney, William, (1684-1764), 1st Earl of Bath
- Rackham, Richard, (fl 1900), Anglican clergyman
- Rattee, James, (1820-1855), wood-carver Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Rawnsley, Hardwicke Drummond, (1851-1920), Canon of Carlisle Cathedral, poet, antiquary, co-founder of the National Trust
- Regio, Nicholas de, (fl 1280-1288), Dean of St Omer St Omer, France
- Richardson, Clive, (fl 1970-1998), chartered engineer
- Richmond, George, (1809-1896), painter
- Robinson, John, (fl 1745)
- Robinson, Joseph Armitage, (1858-1933), Dean of Westminster
- Robinson, Sir Thomas, (1695-1770), 1st Baron Grantham, diplomat
- Ruddle, Francis, (d 1882), joiner and carver Peterborough, Northamptonshire
- Ryle, Herbert Edward, (1856-1925), Bishop of Exeter and Winchester
- Salviati, Antonio, (1816-1890), mosiac worker
- Schweitzer, Albert, (1875-1965), musican, theologian and philosopher, missionary
- Scott, Edward John Long, (1840-1918), Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum and antiquary
- Scott, Sir George Gilbert, (1811-1878), Knight, architect
- Scott, John Oldrid, (1841-1913), architect
- Secker, Thomas, (1693-1768), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Seddon, John, (fl 1738-1760), clockmaker Frodsham, Cheshire
- Seymour, Edward, (? 1506-1552), 1st Duke of Somerset
- Seymour, Thomas, (c 1509-1549), 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Lord High Admiral
- Shaw, George Bernard, (1856-1950), author and playwright
- Shelley, Harriet, (1795-1816), 1st wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Shrider, Christopher, (d 1751), organ builder
- Skelton, John, (? 1460-1529), Author
- Smith, Bernard, (1630-1708), organ builder
- Smith, Robert, (1689-1768), mathematician and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Smith, Thomas, (1777-1824), barrister, Fellow of the Royal Society
- Smythe, Sydney Stafford, (1705-1778), Knight, judge
- Smythies, Palmer, (1691-1776), Rector of St Mary Magdalene, Colchester Colchester, Essex
- Soderblom, Lars Olof Jonathan, (1866-1931), Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden Uppsala, Sweden
- South, Robert, (1634-1716), Prebendary of Westminster Abbey, theologian
- Sprat, Thomas, (1635-1713), Bishop of Rochester historian of the Royal Society
- Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, (1815-1881), Dean of Westminster Abbey, historian Nether Alderley, Cheshire
- Stone, Sir John Benjamin, (1838-1914), Knight, MP, photographer Birmingham, Warwickshire;Aston, Warwickshire
- Stradling, George, (c 1621-1688), Dean of Chichester
- Stratford, John, (d 1348), Archbishop of Canterbury Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Sunnyff, Thomas, (fl 1507), haberdasher
- Talman, John, (1677-1726), Painter
- Tanner, Lawrence Edward, (1890-1979), librarian, antiquary
- Tapper, Sir Walter John, (1861-1935), Knight, architect
- Taylor, Arnold Joseph, (1911-2002), historian and public servant Battersea, Surrey
- Taylor, John, (fl 1732-1775), Vicar of Bledlow, Buckinghamshire Bledlow, Buckinghamshire
- Taylor, Walter Richard, (fl 1915-1919), choirboy of Westminster Abbey
- Telford, Thomas, (1757-1834), civil engineer
- Terrick, Richard, (1710-1777), Bishop of London
- Thirlby, Thomas, (1506-1570), Bishop of Ely
- Thomas, John, (1712-1793), Bishop of Rochester Carlisle, Cumberland
- Thomas of Lancaster, (1387-1421), 1st Duke of Clarence
- Thompson, Robert, (1876-1955), wood-carver Kilburn, Yorkshire
- Thorndike, Herbert, (1598-1672), Prebendary of Westminster Abbey, theologian, Orientalist
- Thornhill, Sir James, (1675-1734), Knight, Painter, MP
- Thurcross, Timothy, (d 1672), Archdeacon of Cleveland
- Thynne, Lord John, (1798-1881), Sub Dean of Westminster
- Tolcher, Henry, (1688-1779), goldsmith, Lord Mayor of Plymouth Plymouth, Devon
- Tottie, John, (d 1774), Archdeacon of Worcester
- Toup, Jonathan Oannes, (1713-1785), philologist and classical editor
- Towers, Johnson, (fl 1770-1779), Anglican clergyman, Head Master of Tonbridge School Tonbridge, Kent
- Tristram, Ernest William, (1882-1952), Art historian and restorer of wall paintings
- Turk, Walter, (fl 1327-1352), alderman, fishmonger of London London
- Turner, Laurence Arthur, (1864-1957), sculptor, carver, furniture maker
- Twisleton, Edward Turner Boyd, (1809-1874), Civil Service Commissioner
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph, (1872-1958), composer Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
- Vaux, Nicholas, (c1460-1523), 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden, soldier and diplomat
- Victoria, (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Wade, Peter, (d 1783), Minor Canon of Rochester
- Walker, Sir Edward, (1612-1677), Knight, Garter King of Arms
- Wallace, Arthur Gregory, (1872-1917), architect
- Waller, John Green, (1813-1905), artist and archaeologist
- Walton, Sir William Turner, (1902-1983), Knight, composer Oldham, Lancashire
- Warburton, William, (1698-1779), Bishop of Gloucester
- Ware, Sir Fabian Arthur Goulstone, (1869-1949), Knight, editor, and War Graves Commissioner
- Ware, Richard de, (c1230-1283), Abbot of Westminster
- Waterland, Daniel Cosgrave, (1683-1740), Theologian, Archdeacon of Middlesex
- Wenlock, Walter de, (fl 1283-1307), Abbot of Westminster
- Wesley, Samuel, (1691-1739), schoolmaster, usher of Westminster School
- Westmacott, Sir Richard, (1775-1856), Knight, sculptor
- Whitefield, George, (1714-1770), Calvinistic Methodist Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Widmore, Richard, (1681-1764), Anglican clergyman, historian, librarian of Westminster Abbey
- Wilcocks, Joseph, (1673-1756), Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester
- Willan, Healey, (1880-1968), organist and composer Balham, Surrey
- Williams, John, (1582-1650), Archbishop of York Aberconwy, Caernarfonshire
- Witham, John de, (fl 1270-1304), King's Chaplain
- Wollaston, Francis, (1731-1815), astronomer, author, Rector of Chislehurst
- Wood, Charles Lindley, (1839-1934), 2nd Viscount Halifax
- Woodroffe, Benjamin, (1638-1711), Canon of Oxford, Principal of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, Lichfield Royal Chaplain
- Wren, Sir Christopher, (1632-1723), Knight, architect, astronomer, mathematician and MP
- Wright, Thomas, (1822-1906), Clerk of the Works, Westminster Abbey
- Wyatt, Benjamin Dean, (?1775-1855), Architect
- Yorke, Philip, (1690-1764), 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor Dover, Kent
Families (14)
- Brewster family of Wrentham Wrentham, Suffolk
- Enginner family, artificers, of Silverstone, Northamptonshire Silverstone, Northamptonshire
- Fettiplace family of Letcombe Regis, Berkshire Letcombe Regis, Berkshire
- Grunwyn family of Hertfordshire Harpenden, Hertfordshire;Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
- Hotham family of Fyfield, Essex Fyfield, Essex
- Knipe, Nedham and Battely families Westminster, Middlesex
- Manners family of Kirby Bellars Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire
- Oakley family of Oakeley Oakeley, Shropshire
- Rochefort family of Lincolnshire Lincolnshire
- Rous family of Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber
- Swanland family of North Mimms, Hertfordshire North Mimms, Hertfordshire
- Thynne family of Haynes Haynes, Bedfordshire;Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire;Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire;Bude, Cornwall;Kilkhampton, Cornwall;Morwenstow, Cornwall;Stratton, Cornwall;Welcombe, Devon
- Worfield family of Worcestershire and Lambeth Lambeth, Surrey;Worcestershire
- Wormald family of Lambeth Lambeth, Surrey
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (3)
- NRA 28859 Joseph Armitage Robinson, dean of Westminster: corresp and papers link to scanned list
- NRA 41148 Westminster Abbey: manorial documents link to online catalogue
- NRA 34690 Westminster Chapter: deeds and estate papers link to scanned list link to scanned list
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