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Businesses (11)
- M.T. Bayne & Co
- Clayton & Bell, stained glass manufacturers London
- Farmer and Brindley, architectural sculptors London
- GN Haden & Sons Ltd, heating engineers, Trowbridge Trowbridge, Wiltshire
- Sir Andrew King, merchant London;Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire
- Piersy & Co Westminster, Middlesex
- Henry Poole and Sons Westminster, Middlesex
- Rattee & Kett Ltd, builders Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Seeley and Paget
- Marshall Sisson, architect Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire
- Thomas Potter, iron founder Hampstead, Middlesex
Organisations (41)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dr Triplett's Charity Hayes, Middlesex;Haughley, 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, Margaret (1443-1509) Countess of Richmond and Derby, Mother of Henry VII
- 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, 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, 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) 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, 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, 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, of Lancaster (1387-1421) 1st Duke of Clarence
- Thomas, John (1712-1793), Bishop of Rochester Carlisle, Cumberland
- 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
- 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
- Williams, Ralph Vaughan (1872-1958) composer Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
- 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 (1775-1852) 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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