Is King Stephen under Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School playing fields in Faversham? Is King Stephen under Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School playing fields in Faversham? 27 March 2015 bbrowning@thekmgroup.co.uk The remains of an English king could be dug up from a Faversham school field. Just days after thousands gathered for the reburial of Richard III, plans to excavate the playing fields at the Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (QE) have been unveiled with the hope finding the bones of King Stephen. The body of the medieval king, along with his wife Queen Matilda and son Eustace, were buried in the grounds of the former Faversham Abbey church in 1154. Dr Brain Philip on the suspected site of King Stephen's burial. Picture: Tony Flashman The Abbey was dissolved in 1538 by Henry VIII and most of it was demolished. It was excavated in 1965 by the Kent Archaelogical Society, but remains of the King, who ruled from 1141 until 1154, were never found.

“As Richard III has been so celebrated recently, we want to have a big ceremony and a plaque to commemorate King Stephen" - Dr Brian Philp, director of the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit Mystery has always surrounded King Stephen’s burial, with some suggesting his bones were thrown into the Creek and others speculating his tomb is in St Mary’s Church. But one man has other ideas. Dr Brian Philp, director of the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, led the team that discovered the Abbey in Faversham during the 1965 excavation and this week he was back in the town to launch the excavation to find King Stephen. Dr Philp said: “I have now relocated the site of the royal vaults. “We did not find any human bones in 1965 but the vaults were not fully excavated. “We now need to commemorate the royal burials with a ceremony and a permanent plaque.

“After all, Stephen was buried 330 years before Richard III and certainly not in a car park.” King Stephen holds Faversham Abbey He visited the site on Monday and said the landscape has changed a lot since he was last there – in 1965 the fields, now used for QE pupils playing sport, were an orchard. Dr Philp said: “Once we have found the exact location, we may be able to find the bones. “As Richard III has been so celebrated recently, we want to have a big ceremony and a plaque to commemorate King Stephen. “We want as many people as possible to be involved. We hope the school and the Faversham Society will have a part in this project. “This is a crucial historical site in Kent.” Stories you might have missed King Stephen (1096 - 1154) - Find A Grave Memorial Dover District Kent, England English Royalty. Grandson of William the Conqueror and the last Norman king of England (1135-1154). After his father's death in 1102, Stephen was raised by his uncle, Henry I .

Henry was fond of Stephen, and granted his nephew estates on both sides of the English Channel. By 1130, Stephen was the richest man in England and Normandy. The first few years of his reign were peaceful, but by 1139 he was seen as weak and indecisive, setting the country up for a civil war, commonly called The Anarchy. His cousin Matilda, accompanied by her husband Geoffrey of Anjou and her half-brother Robert, Earl of Gloucester, invaded England and joined a rebellion against Stephen. Robert captured Stephen in battle at Lincoln; Stephen's government collapsed and Matilda was recognized as Queen. The contentious and arrogant Matilda quickly angered the citizens of London and was expelled from the city. Stephen's forces rallied, captured Robert, and exchanged the Earl for the King. Matilda had been defeated but the succession remained in dispute: Stephen wanted his son Eustace to be named heir, and Matilda wanted her son Henry of Anjou to succeed to the crown. Civil war continued until Matilda departed for France in 1148.

The two sides finally reached a compromise with the Treaty of Wallingford - Stephen would rule unopposed until his death but the throne would pass to Henry of Anjou. Stephen died in Dover, at Dover Priory, and was buried in Faversham Abbey, which he had founded with his wife. (bio by: julia&keld) Missing monarchs: The kings who did not rest in peace - BBC News BBC News Missing monarchs: The kings who did not rest in peace By Greig Watson BBC News 14 September 2012 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption A king may expect an elaborate tomb as a perk of the job but the fates often have something else in mind DNA tests may be about to prove a skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park are the mortal remains of King Richard III. And while it may seem extraordinary that a king's grave could be lost, history shows the last of the Plantagenets was not the only one to suffer such indignity. Here are seven English kings who have no confirmed grave.

Alfred the Great Image caption Alfred beat the Vikings but may have met his match in a group of construction workers Alfred, who turned back the tide of Viking conquest , died in 899 and was buried with due ceremony and pomp in the Old Minster in Winchester, Hampshire. His corpse was then moved twice, ending up across town in Hyde Abbey. When Henry VIII moved to disband the monasteries in 1538, Hyde was dismantled. Tradition has it the graves of Alfred and his family were left undisturbed but subsequently ransacked during the construction of the town jail in 1788. But Robin Iles, education officer for Winchester Museums, said the truth was uncertain: "The decorated tombs would have been an obvious target for those stripping the abbey of valuables in 1538 but there was also a lot of disturbance during the building of the prison. The truth is we don't know what happened.

"An excavation in the 1990s confirmed where the tombs used to be and slabs now mark the spot." Harold II Image caption Harold suffered one of the most famous deaths on one of the most famous dates in English history As if being the last English king to have his country successfully invaded was not bad enough, Harold Godwinson's undoubted bravery and political manoeuvring did not guarantee a respectful burial. His death in 1066 fighting William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings - either by an arrow in the eye, the swords of cavalry, or possibly both - apparently left the body so mangled only his common-law wife, the ornithologically named Edith Swannesha (Swan-Neck), could identify the remains. Rosemary Nicolaou, from Battle Abbey museum, said what happened next is confused: "We are told Harold's mother offered William a sum of gold equal to the weight of the body but William refused. He ordered it to be buried in secret to stop it becoming a shrine. "After that we just don't know. There are various stories including his mother finally getting the body or it being taken by monks to Waltham Abbey, but nothing has been proved".

Henry I Image caption Henry I's body was returned to England sewn into a bull's skin but the grave has vanished A son of William the Conqueror, Henry seized the crown in August 1100 with a series of well organised political manoeuvres in the days after brother William II was killed in an apparent hunting accident. After Henry died in Normandy in December 1135, his corpse was brought back to England in singular style. Jill Greenaway, collection care curator at Reading Museum, explained: "His body was embalmed, sewn into a bull's hide and brought to Reading where in January 1136 he was buried in front of the High Altar of the abbey that he had founded in 1121. "His tomb did not survive the dissolution of the monasteries by his namesake Henry VIII and we do not know what happened to his body." A small plaque marks the rough area of his grave but rumours place the exact spot under nearby St. James' School.

Stephen Image caption King Stephen's bones may have been fished out of a ditch and placed in a nearby parish church After a reign so turbulent it was known as The Anarchy , it is perhaps no surprise Stephen also struggled for peace after his death in 1154. He was buried in a magnificent tomb in the newly constructed Faversham Abbey in Kent but - in what became a pattern - it was demolished on the orders of Henry VIII. Local historian Jack Long said: "In John Stow's 'Annales' of 1580, he repeats the local legend that the royal tombs were desecrated for the lead coffins and any jewellery that the bodies might have worn, and the bones thrown into the creek. "(It adds) they were retrieved and reburied in the church of St Mary of Charity in Faversham. There is an annexe (in the church) dating from the period but which has no original markings.

"To the best of my knowledge, no work has ever been undertaken to establish exactly what exists behind or below this mysterious annexe." Edward V Image caption The mystery and tragedy of the Princes in the Tower has inspired painters and playwrights Richard III plays a central role in one of the most emotionally charged stories in English history . In April 1483 Edward IV died leaving his 12-year-old son, also called Edward, as heir. The dying king had appointed his brother, Richard of Gloucester, as the boy's protector. In short order Edward was placed in the Tower of London, had his coronation postponed and was then barred from the throne after his parents' marriage was declared illegitimate. In June Richard was declared king. Along with his younger brother Richard, Edward was never seen outside the tower again. In 1674, the skeletons of two children were discovered during building work in the tower and were reburied in Westminster Abbey under the names of the missing children but controversy rages as to who they really were - as well as the true fate of the princes and the identity of any killer.

Oliver Cromwell Image caption The Royalists' revenge on Oliver Cromwell was a spectacular piece of macabre theatre Admittedly not a king, but Cromwell was certainly a head of state. And most of him has no grave. After leading the Parliamentarian forces to victory in the civil war against Charles I, Cromwell took the reins of power until his death in 1658 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. When Charles II came to the throne in 1660, his supporters decided to enact a peculiarly spiteful form of vengeance, exhuming Cromwell's body and hanging it on the scaffold at Tyburn near modern day Marble Arch. John Goldsmith, curator of the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, said: "It was then cut down and beheaded. Despite various stories about it being spirited away, his body was almost certainly dumped in a nearby pit.

"His embalmed head was later removed from a spike and went from owner to owner - including being an attraction in a travelling show - until eventually being reburied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1960." James II Image caption James II refused to be buried in the hope his body might return to England Chased from the throne in 1688 for attempting to restore the absolute monarchy of his father Charles I, James lived in exile in Paris until his death and anatomical dissection in 1701. He refused burial in the belief he would get his place in Westminster Abbey and the coffin was put in the Chapel of Saint Edmund in the Church of the English Benedictines in the Rue St Jacques. His brain was sent to the Scots College in Paris and put in a silver case on top of a column, his heart went to the Convent of the Visitandine Nuns at Chaillot and his intestines were divided between the English Church of St Omer and the parish church of St Germain-en-Laye. Aidan Dodson, author of The Royal Tombs of Great Britain, said: "It all disappeared in the French Revolution of 1789.

The mob attacked the churches and his lead coffin was sold for scrap, as was the silver case for his brain. "The church (of St Germain-en-Laye) was demolished but then rebuilt in 1824 and during this his intestines were found and reinterred - so a bit of him survives." And one who was just mislaid... Charles I Image caption The temporary loss of Charles I's grave ensured he never received an elaborate monument After losing the Civil War , Charles's fortunes took a downward turn when he was executed in 1649. He was buried quietly in St George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, after being denied a place in Westminster Abbey. Mr Dodson said: "He was put in with Henry VIII and Jane Seymour but the problem was that they forgot where that entire vault was. "This was also an excuse for Charles II to pocket the money parliament had given him for his dad's new tomb." Workmen rediscovered the vault by accident in 1813 and found a velvet draped coffin with the missing monarch's name on it. To satisfy their curiosity, a group of notables opened the casket and, sure enough, found a body with a detached head and a pointy beard.

Where are English kings buried? | The Templar Knight Where are English kings buried? English: Effigy of Henry II of England in the church of Fontevraud Abbey (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Knights Templar existed from around the year 1118 to 1307 and I thought it might be interesting to reveal to you which kings ruled during that time and where are they buried. So…here goes! Henry I was William the Conqueror’s son and became king after his older brother was killed in a rather unfortunate hunting “accident”. Being a Norman king, it’s not surprising that he died in Normandy – his domains in what’s now northern France. It’s said that he died from a “surfeit of lampreys”! His body was returned to England, embalmed and sewn into a bull’s hide – nice! He was buried in Reading Abbey but unfortunately for him, the abbey was shut down by Henry VIII four hundred years later during the Protestant Reformation and his body disappeared. His successor King Stephen had a stormy reign – a period known as the Great Anarchy in England.

Embroiled in a civil war and losing the throne for a while, he managed to regain the crown but died at Dover Castle of dysentery in 1154. Buried at Faversham Abbey in Kent, his body went missing when…Henry VIII shut down the abbey during the Reformation. It’s said the local people stole the jewels off his skeleton and any other valuables. Henry II took over after Stephen, the son of the Empress Matilda – daughter of Henry I – who had fought that nasty civil war with Stephen. He married the feisty Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most powerful medieval queens, and she and his children rebelled against him. Not a happy family! He’s buried at Fontevraud Abbey in modern France. His empire extended from Scotland to the Pyrenees. Richard the Lionheart – you all know about him. Brave crusading king who spent hardly any time in England and allegedly admired by the legendary Robin Hood (if Hollywood is to be believed). Like his father, he was also buried in Fontevraud Abbey. John – “ bad king John ” who signed Magna Carta, ceding power to the barons.

He was forced to flee an invading French army and died of dysentery. According to one account the disease was brought on by eating peaches and wine. He was buried in England at Worcester cathedral, largely on account of having lost his ancestral lands in France. Henry III – he was buried in Westminster Abbey , which is appropriate as he rebuilt the original Saxon church into something much grander that we see today. His tomb used to be adorned with jewels but pilgrims and tourists hacked off bits of it over the centuries so only the uppermost part of the tomb glitters anymore. Edward I followed the new example and was also buried in Westminster Abbey but this time in a very grand but austere tomb. You can still see it today. This king, you may recall, was the vanquisher of Braveheart and a stern but effective ruler. His tomb was opened in 1774 during a rather morbid and gothic phase of grave inspecting that titillated posh society. The king was found to be ‘richly habited, adorned with ensigns of royalty, and almost entire’.

At another tomb opening around that time, of a medieval knight, one of the high society people decided to taste the remains of the Middle Ages warrior. Ugh! Edward II – the last king to preside over the Templars came to a grisly end. Reputedly homosexual, though one can argue that with many historians, it’s alleged that his wife and her lover had him executed with a red hot poker placed somewhere I’d rather not mention! His body was buried in an abbey that then became a place of pilgrimage, in spite of his reputation. In fact, he was so popular in death that the abbey expanded to become Gloucester Cathedral . It’s claimed the presence of his remains stopped Henry VIII shutting the place down but as it didn’t stop him dissolving the other two abbeys I mentioned, I wonder if that’s really true.

Share this: Who’s Who in Faversham’s History P-Z Who’s Who in Faversham’s History P-Z Home / History / People / Who’s Who in Faversham’s History P-Z SIMON of FAVERSHAM: Chancellor of the University of Oxford Simon of Faversham, chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1304 to 1306, was a philosopher and theologian who is believed to have been born in Faversham in the 1240s or the 1260s. Was ordained deacon in 1290 and granted the living of Preston, Faversham. Details: Dictionary of National Biography LESLIE SMITH: benefactor and historian Benefactor and local historian who gave land for Faversham’s open-air swimming pool (opened in 1964 and now part of the indoor and outdoor Faversham Pools) and the site of the Arden Theatre. A solicitor at 67 and 68 Preston Street, he wrote Stories of Faversham (1974), blending history and whimsy, and was made an Honorary Freeman of Faversham. Leslie Smith Drive is named after him.

King STEPHEN: founder of Faversham Abbey Stephen, the last Norman king of England (ruling from 1135 to 1154) and grandson of William the Conqueror, founded Faversham Abbey in 1147 with a view to its being a mausoleum and chapel royal for his House of Blois. The abbey existed for nearly four centuries, until its dissolution by King Henry VIII in 1538, but Stephen’s royal house died with him. Stephen, who was born in about 1096, son of Stephen, Count of Blois, and Adela (daughter of the Conqueror), died in 1154 and was buried at Faversham Abbey. A carving of Stephen and his queen, Matilda, is in the town’s Old Grammar School. No lifetime representation of Stephen survives. The portrait reproduced here is a stylised, 19th century one. See also entries for Queen Matilda and Prince Eustace JOHN WARD: pirate of the Mediterranean Faversham was the birthplace of John Ward, who flourished between 1603 and 1615 as the biggest pirate of his day.

He settled in Tunis, converted to Islam and built a fleet that was a match for Venice’s. Ward’s life was dramatised in the Jacobean play A Christian Turn’d Turk. It is not known exactly when and where in Faversham he was born, but he was a fisherman before joining the Royal Navy. In 1603, he seized the ship in which he was serving and took to piracy. He made Tunis his base. His fleet, skippered by fellow English captains, was the scourge of the Mediterranean in the early 17th century, and of Venice and Spain in particular. Details: Dictionary of National Biography WILLIAM WHITING: antiquary Partner in Whiting Brothers (later Whiting & Hine), an Ospringe Street building firm that shut in about 1970. With his brother John M. Whiting, he helped to save the Maison Dieu to be a museum in the 1920s. Excavated a Roman cemetery by the A2. Fellow, Society of Antiquaries. Keen photographer. Lived 1880/1 to 1931. Who's Buried Where in Britain?

Sovereigns, Royalty and Nobility Who's Buried Where in Britain? Sovereigns, Royalty and Nobility People buried in Abney Park Cemetery Top Surnames Who's Buried Where in Britain? Sovereigns, Royalty and Nobility Not only British People The object of this project is to show where famous, notorious, well known and historical people are buried in Britain. The people are listed in groups which will be added to, adjusted or split over time. These categories are not cast in stone and may well change as the project evolves. The project will be split into a number of connected projects for different groups as including them all in one project will be too cumbersome. Links to those projects are included in the list below. Please add information about the burial place of well known people to the list below. If the person has a profile on Geni please add their profile to the project and add the link in bold. 1. Sovereigns and Royalty: Early Rulers Arthwyr Pendragon ap Uthyr, High King of Britain (d. c518?) Buried Glastonbury Abbey (Ruins), Glastonbury, Somerset.

Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni (d c. 62) Buried Under Platform 10, King's Cross Station, London. Saint Edmund of East Anglia (d 1870) Buried relics moved to Beodricsworth (modern Saint Edmundsbury/ Abbey at Bury St. Edmunds) in the 10th century Ethelbald I (d. 757) Buried The Crypt of St. Wystan's Church, Repton, Derbyshire (by repute) Oswy or Oswio (d c.670) Buried Whitby Abbey (ruins) Whitby, Yorkshire Sebert or Saba (d c 616) a King of Essex Buried Westminster Abbey, London The Anglo-Saxon Kings Aethelbert, King of Wessex, Essex & Kent (r. 860-866; d.866) Buried Sherborne Abbey Church, Sherborne, Dorset.

Æthelred of Wessex (r.866-871; 23 April 871) Buried Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, Dorset where a 15th C brass bears his effigy. Alfred 'The Great King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 871-899; d. 26 October 899 Winchester.) Buried Winchester in King Alfred Place off Hyde Street is St. Bartholomew's Church, said to contain stone from Hyde Abbey. Alfred's body was moved to Hyde Abbey and some remain found where it stood are believed to be his.Their site is marked by a flat stone under which they were placed in the churchyard outside the east wall of St. Bartholomew's Church. Edward I "The Elder" , King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899-924; D 17 July 924) Buried "New" Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, on the site of which Hyde Abbey was built, the gatehouse of which is all t=that remains in Hyde Street.

Æthelstan "the Glorious" , 1st King of the English (r.924-939; d.27 October 939) Buried Abbey Church, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. The tomb is now empty but it once contained the bones of the King. Edmund I "The Magnificent" , King of the English (r. 939-946. D. 26 May 946) Buried Glastonbury Abbey (ruins), Glastonbury, Somerset. Succeeded his half-brother, Athelstan, in 940. Ædred, King of the English (r. 946-955; d. 23 November 955) Buried "Old" Minster, Winchester, Hampshire; its site is no longer traceable with any accuracy - bones are now in Winchester Cathedral. Edwig da Inglaterra, King of the English (r.955-959;d. 1 October 959, Gloucester) Buried "Old" Minster, Winchester, Hampshire; its site is no longer traceable with any accuracy.

Edgar I "The Peaceful" , King of the English (r. 959-975; d. 8 July 975) Buried Glastonbury Abbey (ruins), Glastonbury, Somerset. Edward II "The Martyr" (r. 975-979; d. 18 March 978 Corfe Castle, Dorset) Buried Shaftesbury Abbey (ruins), Dorset. Edward's body lay at Wareham for a year before being disinterred. Ælfhere initiated the reinterment. The body was taken to the Shaftesbury Abbey. Bones, presumed to be those of the Martyr, were given a conditional resting-place in the Russian Orthodox sect's church at Brookwood cemetery in 1989 pending a legal decision about contested ownership. The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia was victorious and placed the relics in a church in Brookwood Cemetery in Woking, with the enshrinement ceremony occurring in September 1984. References: Wiki and Douglas Greenwood -Who's Buried Where in England 1982 Sweyn Forkbeard (r.

1013-1014; 3 February 1014 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire) Buried Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke, Roskilde, Danmark; (Roskilde Cathedral) - His embalmed body was returned to Denmark, to be buried in the church he built in Roskilde. [Reference: Lapidge, Michael (2001). "Swein Forkbeard", The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Ed. Michael Lapidge, John Blair, et al. Blackwell Publishing: London. p. 437. ISBN 0-631-15565-1.] Ethelred II "The Unready" (r. 966-1013 and 1014-1016; d. 23 April 1016, London) Buried "Old" St. Paul's Cathedral, London Edmund II "Ironside" King of England (r.

23 April 1016 - 30 November 1016: d 30 November 1016) Buried Glastonbury Abbey (ruins), Glastonbury, Somerset. The Danes Cnut the Great , King of Denmark, Norway and England (r.1016-1035; d. 12 November 1035) Buried Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, in mortuary chest on top of the Presbytery screen. Harold I Harefoot , King of England (r. 1035-1040; d. 17 March 1040 Oxford) Buried - originally on the present site of Westminster Abbey, but his body was disinterred, beheaded, thrown into a fen before being rescued and finally buried "with honour by the Danes" in St. Clement Danes, Strand, London, though the precise location is not known. Harthacnut , King of Denmark and England (r.1040-1042; d. 8 June 1042 Lambeth, London) Buried "New" Minster, Winchester, Hampshire.

The Saxons of Wessex Restored Edward the Confessor King of the English (r. 1042-1066; d. 5 January 1066, London) Buried Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey, London. The central shrine was constructed on the orders of Henry III. Harold Godwinsson , King of England (r. Jan - Oct 1066; d. 14 October 1066, Battle of Hastings, Sussex) Buried Waltham Abbey, Essex where there is a stone marker in the Abbey gardens. Disputed - Other claim - Bosham Church that is only yards from Chichester Harbour - see #Burial Eadgar Æðeling , Uncrowned King of England (r. Oct - Dec 1066) Edgar was still alive in 1125 according to William of Malmesbury who was writing at the time. The general consensus is that Edgar died shortly after 1125. The location of his grave is not known. The Normans William I "The Conqueror" (r. 1066-1087; d.

9 Septemeber 1087.) Buried in France at St. Stephen's Church, Caen, Normandy. The tomb was desecrated in 1793 but a plain slab marks its original site. William II of England (Known as William Rufus) (r. 1087-1100; d. 2nd August 1100 - the New Forest, England) Buried Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, in front of the lectern. There is also a memorial marking the spot where he was killed in the New Forest. Henry I Beauclerc , King of England (r. 1100-1135; d. 1 December 1135) Buried Reading Abbey (Ruins), Reading, Berkshire. Stephen King of England (r. 22 December 1135 - April 1141; d. 25 October 1154 Dover, Kent) Buried Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent. The base of the tomb was discovered in 1965. Matilda of England (r 1141-1141; d. 10 Sept.

1167 Rouen.) Buried originally in the Abbey Church at Bec; her tomb is now in the Cathedral Church of Rouen, Normandy, France. The Angevins Henry II "Curtmantle" King of England (r. 1154-1189; d. 6 July 1189, Chinon, France) Buried Fontevraud Abbey Church, Anjou, France Richard I Coeur de Lion ('The Lionheart') (r.1189-1199; d. 6 April 1199 Châlus, Duchy of Aquitaine, now Limosin, France) Buried Fontevraud Abbey Church, Anjou, France. His effigy may still be seen. John Lackland King of England (r. 1199-1216; d. 19 October 1216 Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire). Buried Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, in the presbytery. The Plantagenets Henry III King of England (r. 1216-1272; d.

16 November 1272, Westminster, London) Buried Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey. His heart was sent to France and buried in the Abbey Church of Fontevraud, Anjou. Edward I Plantagenet , King of England "Longshanks" (r. 1272-1307; d. 7 July 1307 Burgh by Sands, Cumberland.) Buried Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey. Edward II Plantagenet, King of England (r. 1307-1327; Traditionally, 21 September 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire) Buried Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester in a beautiful tomb. Edward III Plantagenet, King of England (r. 1327-1377; d.21 June 1377, Sheen Palace, Richmond). Buried Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey. Richard II Plantagenet, King of England (r. 1377-1399; d. c14 February 1400 Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire).

Buried ) Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey. The Lancastrians Henry IV of Bolingbroke (Lancaster), King of England (r.1399-1413; d. 20 March 1413, Westminster, London). Buried Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent. Henry V of Monmouth, King of England (r. 1413-1422; d. 31 August 1422 Château de Vincennes, France). Buried Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey. A casket, believed to contain the internal organs of the King, was discovered at Fosses, outside Paris, in 1978. Henry VI of Lancaster, King of England (r.1422-1461 and 1470-1471; d. 21 May 1471, Tower of London). Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, on the second bay of the choir, south side. The Yorkists Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England (r.

1461-1470 and 1471-1483; d. 9 April 1483, Westminster) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, between the High Altar and the north choir aisle. Edward V King of England (briefly) (Apr-Jun 1483; d. 2 November 1470) Not deemed old enough to be crowned king, his 86-day reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle and lord protector who succeeded him. Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, "Innocents' Corner" Richard III of England (r. 1483-1485; d. 22 August 1485 Bosworth Field, Leicestershire). Buried Greyfriars, Leicester (reburial proposed to be Leicester Cathedral in 2014); Leicester Abbey, Leicester; a tomb erected by Henry VII was destroyed at the Suppression. Plaque on Bow Bridge over River Soar in which his body was thrown at Suppression. The Tudors Henry VII King of England (r. 1485-1509; d.

21 April 1509 Richmond Place) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, in the nave. Henry VIII Tudor, King of England (r.1509-1547; d. 28 January 1547 Palace of Whitehall, London) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, in the centre of the choir with his third wife, Jane Seymour. Edward VI Tudor, King of England and Ireland (r.1547-1553; d. 6 July 1553 Greenwich Palace, Kent) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, beneath the altar in the nave. Lady Jane Grey (disputed) (r. 10-19 July 1553; d. 12 February 1554 Tower of London) Buried St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, London. Mary I Tudor, Queen of England and Ireland (Bloody Mary) (r.1553-1558; d.17 November 1558 St.

James's Palace, London) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, in the North Isle. Elizabeth I Tudor, Queen of England and Ireland (r.1558-1603; d. 24 March 1603 Richmond Palace, Surrey.) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, in the North Isle. The Stuarts James I of England and VI of Scotland (r. 1603-1625; 27 March 1625, Theobold's House, England) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, in the nave. Charles I , King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (r. 1625-1649; d. 30 January 1649, Whitehall, London) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, in the centre of the choir. The Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell , Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1599-1658; d.

3 September 1658 Whitehall, London) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, in the small east chapel, now known as the RAF Chapel, where a stone in the pavement records his burial there together with members of his family and some of the regicides. St. Nicholas's Church, Chiswick Mall, London W also lays claim to his body. Richard Cromwell 2nd Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1626-1712; d. 12 July 1712 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire) Buried Hursley Church, Hampshire, in the Chancel; the original church, being replaced by the present All Saint's Church built for John Keble during 1846-8 The Stuart's Restored Charles II Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (r.1660 -1685; d. 6 February 1685 Whitehall Palace) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London in the Royal Vault below the south aisle - "without any manner of pomp" [Bryant, Mark (2001). Private Lives. London: Cassell.

ISBN 0-304-35758-8 p.73]. Although the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II King of Great Britain and Ireland in Edinburgh on 6 February 1649, the English Parliament instead passed a statute that made any such proclamation unlawful. James II/VII Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (r.1685-1688; d. 16 September 1701 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) Buried Church of Germains, France. Partial remains re-interred on orders of George IV after their rediscovery in 1824 Mary II Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, (1689-1694; d. 28 December 1694 Kensington Palace, London.) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London in the Royal Vault below the south aisle Willem III , King of England, Ireland, Scotland (1698-1694; d.

28 December 1694 Kensington Palace, London) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London in the Royal Vault below the south aisle Anne , Queen of Great Britain (r.1702-1714; d. 1 August 1714 Kensington Palace, London) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London in the Royal Vault below the south aisle The Hanoverians George I King of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1714-1727; d. 11 June 1727 de:Schloss Osnabrück, Osnabrück) Buried Hanover, Germany, in the Vaults of of the palace. Moved in 1957 to, Herrenhausen, Hanover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland from Leineschloss, Hanover. George II King of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1727-1760; d. 23 October 1760 Kensington Palace, London) Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London in the nave. George III William Frederick Hanover, King of Great Britain (r. 1760-1820; d.

29 January 1820 Windsor Castle) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor castle, Windsor, Berkshire, in the Royal Vault below the Albert Memorial Chapel. George IV Hanover, King of Great Britain (r. 1820-1830; d. 26 June 1830 Windsor Castle) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor castle, Windsor, Berkshire, in the Royal Vault below the Albert Memorial Chapel. William IV Henry Hanover, King of Great Britain (r. 1830-1837; d. 20 June 1837 Windsor Castle) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor castle, Windsor, Berkshire, in the Royal Vault below the Albert Memorial Chapel. Victoria Alexandrina Hanover, Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Empress of India (r. 1837-1901; d. 22 January 1901 Osborne House, Isle of Wight) Buried Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire. The House of Windsor Edward VII King of the United Kingdom (r.1901-1910; d.

20 May 1910 Buckingham Palace) St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, his tomb being on the south side of the High Altar. George V George Frederick Ernest Albert (r. 1910-1936; d. 20 January 1936 Sandringham House, Norfolk) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, in a tomb designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the second bay of the north side of the nave Edward VIII Duke of Windsor (Jan-Dec 1936; d. 28 May 1972 4 Route du Champ d'Entraînement, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France) Buried Royal Cemetery in Windsor Home Park, Frogmore, Berkshire. George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor (r.1936-1952; d. 6 February 1952 Sandringham House, Norfolk) Buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, in a specially constructed side chapel adjoining the north choir aisle. The House of Windsor from 1952 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester d.

29 October 2004 Kensington Palace. Buried Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire The Princess Margaret d. 9 February 2002 King Edward VII Hospital, London. Buried King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother d. 30 March 2002 Royal Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire. Buried beside her husband and younger daughter in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle., Windsor, Berkshire Diana, Princess of Wales Duchess of Rothesay. d. 31 August 1997 Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France. Buried Her grave is on an island within the grounds of Althorp Park, the Spencer family home for centuries 2. Scottish Monarchs (400 AD - 1603) The early Scottish Monarchs Kenneth I (r. 843-858) - Died: 859, at Forteviot, Perthshire. Buried at: Isle of Iona King Donald I of Scotland (859 - 863) Died in battle at Scone, Perthshire (r.

858-862) Died: 863, in battle at Scone, Perthshire. Buried at: unknown King Constantine III (Causantín mac Cuiléin) (r. 995-997) - Died 997, killed at Rathinveramon. Burial place unknown Kenneth III Cináed III 'An Donn' mac Dubh, King of Scots (r. 997-1005) Died: March 25, 1005, at Battle of Mozievaird. Burial place unknown Malcolm II "The Destroyer", King of Scots (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) (r. 1005-1034). Died November, 1034, from injuries at Glamis castle, Angus. Buried on Isle of Iona King Duncan of Scotland (Donnchad mac Crínáin) (r. 1034-1040) Died August, 1040, either murdered by Macbeth or killed in battle against him near Elgin.

Buried on Isle of Iona Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích) (r. 1040-1057) Died August 15, 1057, killed at the Battle of Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire by Malcolm III Buried on the Isle of Iona King Lulach of Scotland (Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin) (r. 1057-1058) Died March 17, 1058, killed at Essie in Strathbogie by his cousin and successor Malcolm III. Buried on the Isle of Iona King Malcolm III of Scotland (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada) (r. 1058-1093) Died November 13, 1093, Killed in battle near Alnwick, Northumberland. Buried at Tynemouth, remains later removed to Dunfermline Abbey King Donald III of Scotland (Domnall mac Donnchada) (r.

1093-1094, 1094-1097) Died 1099, in prison at Rescobie, Forfarshire. Buried at Dunkeld Abbey, remains later removed to Isle of Iona Descendants of Malcolm III 3. Nobles... ...including royal consorts and landed Gentry Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , the Prince Consort d. 30 July 1900 Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Deutschland Buried Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire Anne Boleyn d. 19 May 1536, Tower of London, London, Buried St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London. She is also reputed to be buried in the Boleyn Church at Salle, Norfolk. Anne of Cleves Queen consort of England. d. 16 July 1557 Chelsea Old Manor, England. Buried Westminster Abbey, London, on the south side of the Presbytery. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach Queen Consort -George II of Great Britain. d.

20 November 1737, St. James's Palace, London. Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. LOndon, in the nave. Catherine Howard Queen consort of England. d. 13 February 1542, Tower of London. Buried St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, London. Catherine of Aragon , Queen consort of England. d. 7 January 1536 Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire. Buried Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough. The tomb was destroyed during the Civil War Catherine Parr , Queen consort of England and Ireland. d. 5 September 1548 Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire. Buried Sudeley Castle, near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, where a nineteenth century tomb has replaced the original destroyed in the Civil War. Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish , 11th Duke of Devonshire. d. 3 May 2004. Buried Edensor Churchyard, in a village on the Cavendish Estate. 1st Duchess of Cleveland - Barbara Palmer , d. 9 October 1709 Chiswick Mall, Chiswick. Buried St.

Nicholas's Church, Chiswick Mall, Chiswick, London. Robert Curthose (c. 1054 – d. 3 February 1134 Cardiff Castle, Glamorgan), sometimes styled Robert II or Robert III, was the Duke of Normandy from 1087 until 1106 and an unsuccessful claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of England. Buried Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, before the High Altar. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales The Black Prince. d. 8 June 1330 Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire. Trinity Chapel, Canterbury, Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent in a tomb on the south side. Eleanor of Castile , Queen consort of England. d. 28 November 1290 Harby, Nottinghamshire. Buried Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey, London Elizabeth of England (Stuart), Princess of England. d. 8 September 1650 Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight. Buried St. Thomas's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight; small vault near the communion table.

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke , KG, PC (1580 – d. 10 April 1630}. Buried Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire; family vault in front of the altar. Courtier and literary patron Major-General Miles Fitzalan-Howard , 17th Duke of Norfolk. d. 14 June 2002 Bacres House, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. Buried Crypt of the Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle. Piers Perrot de Gaveston , 1st Earl of Cornwall. d. 19 June 1312 Blacklow Hill near Warwick, Warwickshire. Buried Dominican Friary (ruins), Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. Godwin, Earl of Wessex d. 15 April 1053 Winchester, Hampshire. Buried Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire; some of his remains may be in the mortuary chest over the cathedral choir screen. Guinevere legendary Buried Glastonbury Abbey (ruins), Glastonbury, Somerset. Gundred de St. Omer , Countess of Surrey. d. 1085. Buried St.

John's Church, Lewes, Sussex. The black marble tomb now inside the church was originally in Lewes Priory. Isabella of France , was Queen Consort of England as the second spouse of King Richard II. d. 13 Sept. 1409 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. Buried Celestines, Paris Isabella of France (1295 – d. 22 August 1358), sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. Castle Rising, Norfolk. Buried Church of the Franciscan Greyfriars, Newgate, which was destroyed, being replaced by the Wren church, Christ Church, Newgate Street, London, which itself was destroyed by bombs in 1940. The burial ground in now a garden. An effigy of the Queen is among the figures which adorn the tomb of her son, John of Eltham, in Westminster Abbey Jane Seymour Queen consort of England. d. 24 October 1537 Hampton Court Palace. Buried St.

george's Chapel, Windsor castle, Windsor, Berkshire, in the centre of the choir with Henry VIII Joan of Navarre , Queen of England. d. 10 June 1437 Havering-atte-Bower, London. Buried Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent. John of Gaunt , 1st Duke of Lancaster. d. 3 February 1399 Leicester Castle, Leicestershire. Buried "Old" St. Paul's Cathedral, London James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth d. 15 July 1685 London. Buried St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London under the communion table. Gilbert Marshal , 4th Earl of Pembroke (1194 – 27 June 1241) Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London next to his father, William Marshal 1st Duke of Pembroke. Sir William Marshal , 1st Earl of Pembroke (1147 – 14 May 1219 Caversham), also called William the Marshal - English (or Anglo-Norman) soldier and statesman.

Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London William Marshal , 2nd Earl of Pembroke (French:Guillaume) (1190 – 6 April 1231) was a medieval English nobleman and was one of the Magna Carta sureties. He fought during the First Barons' War and was present at the Battle of Lincoln (1217). Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London next to his father, where his effigy may still be seen. Simon de Montfort , 6th Earl of Leicester. d. 4 August 1265 in the Battle of Evesham. Buried Evesham Abbey ruins, Evesham, Worcestershire; stone in Abbey Gardens erected in 1965 where Montfort was buried at the site of the high altar. Napoleon III , Emperor of the French (1808 - d. 9 January 1873 Chislehurst, Kent, England) Buried Abbey Church od St. Michael, Farnborough, Hampshire.

[ Robert de Vieuxpont Robert de Vieuxpont or Robert de Veteriponte was an Anglo-Norman landowner and administrator in the north of England. Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine , Duke of Bavaria, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 1st Earl of Holderness commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, KG, PC, FRS (1619 – 29 November 1682 Westminster, Middlesex), noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century.. Buried Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London in the south aisle. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (previously Wallis Simpson and Wallis Spencer, born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1896 – 24 April 1986) was an American socialite whose third husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and the Dominions, abdicated his throne to marry her. Buried Frogmore, royal cemetery in Windsor Home Park, Berkshire, beside Edward VIII's grave.

Henry Wriothesley , 3rd Earl of Southampton (6 October 1573 – 10 November 1624 Cowdray House, Sussex), Buried St. Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire; in the crypt under the Southampton Monument. He is the kneeling figure on the west end of the monument, chancel side. ...including politicians and the military 5. Churchmen Silvester de Everdon (died 1254) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle and Lord Chancellor of England. Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London. 6. Thinkers... ...including philosophers, lawyers and scholars Sir Edmund Plowden of Plowden, celebrated jurist. 1518 - 6 February 1585) Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London. Sir Anthony Jackson (1599–1666) was an English lawyer, soldier, and knight in the seventeenth century. A cavalier during the English Civil War, he was knighted by Charles II, participated in the Battle of Worcester, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London for over a decade.

Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London. His burial registry reads as such "Sir Anthony Jackson, of the Inner Temple, kt, was buried in the round near the iron gratt the 14th day of October, 1666." Francis James Newman Rogers, KC (1791–1851), was an English barrister, judge and legal author, Deputy Judge Advocate General from 1842 until his death in 1851. Rogers on Elections was the standard reference work for most of the 19th century.Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London. James Simpson (1737-1815), Attorney General of Colonial South Carolina. Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London. His wife, who predeceased him, is buried in the South Transept of Westminster Abbey. Sir John Tremayne SL (1647–1694) was an English lawyer and politician. He became a Sergeant-at-Law and King's Sergeant in 1689, acting as counsel during a number of cases before the House of Lords.

He also represented Tregony in Parliament between 1690 and 1694.Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London. 7. Scientists... ...including medical doctors, engineers and inventors Richard Mead (11 August 1673 – 16 February 1754) was an English physician. His work, A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Method to be used to prevent it (1720), was of historic importance in the understanding of transmissible diseases. Buried The Temple Church, Temple, Fleet Street, London. A monument to him was placed in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey, with a bust by Peter Scheemakers 8. Entrepeneurs... Call for mystery surrounding King Stephen's burial place to be solved Call for mystery surrounding King Stephen's burial place to be solved 07 February 2013 King Stephen was buried in Faversham Abbey - but his exact location remains unknown by Lauren Fruen After the discovery of Richard III in a Leicestershire car park attention, has now turned to Faversham's very own monarch mystery.

The unlikely burial ground of another former king of England may be much closer to home as legend has it a medieval king's bones could be in our town. The body of King Stephen - along with his wife Queen Matilda and son Eustace - were buried in the grounds of the former Faversham Abbey church in 1154. The Abbey was dissolved in 1538 by Henry VIII and most of it was demolished. However, after an excavation of the site in 1964 the empty graves of King Stephen and his family were found. Legend has it their bones were thrown into Faversham Creek when the building was dismantled. However, the exact location of his skeleton remains shrouded in mystery as rumours circulated that a canopy tomb with no contemporary inscription in nearby Faversham Parish Church of St Mary of Charity could now be home to the bones. Dennis Parrett, church warden at St Mary of Charity, said: "There is a tomb in the church with a plaque to indicate he is buried nearby but no one knows exactly where. "Local legend suggests it may be the king's final resting place.

It certainly would be exciting if we could prove it but I think we would need a living descendent to prove it through DNA." Local historian Arthur Percival said: "The legend is that the bones were rescued from the Creek after they'd been dumped there when the Abbey Church, where he and Matilda were buried, was demolished in 1538." Now there are calls for Faversham to find its long lost king. Manager of Faversham Enterprise Partnership Laurence Young said: "It's time to get to the truth about King Stephen and his burial place. "The worldwide interest in Richard III has been colossal and, while Stephen doesn't have his profile as a leading historic figure, he is one of very few English kings whose fate is not known certainly. Is Richard III’s son buried here? "Also, the civil war known as the Anarchy that Stephen fought against Empress Matilda had a huge impact on the way the country developed, but is little known today. As Stephen’s favoured town and site of his dynastic abbey Faversham was at the very centre of the national events of the day. "It seems to me the local church has shied away from doing anything much about the reburial claim.

"But, from a national perspective it is something that ought to be investigated and settled one way or the other." Faversham Abbey was founded in 1147 by King Stephen and his wife. The site was just to the north east of the town, where the playing fields of Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School are now. Faversham Abbey Faversham Abbey Faversham Abbey was founded in 1148 by King Stephen and Queen Matilda. The site was just to the north east of the town, where the playing fields of the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School are now. Reconstruction of the abbey as it would have looked in 1536, courtesy of Jack Salmon. A key to drawing is in Details of the Abbey , below. [To view a larger picture, click here ] Introduction The aim of Stephen and Matilda was to found a royal mausoleum for the House of Blois. They hoped the dynasty would rule over England for generations to come. In fact it began and ended with them.

Remains of Faversham Abbey in 1735, showing the inner gateway (left) demolished in 1771, the guest house, now Arden's House (centre) and the outer gateway (right), demolished in 1772 The abbey was dissolved in 1538 and subsequently most of it was demolished as part of Henry VIII’s plans to sweep the monasteries from England. Much of the building material was removed by military engineers and transported by sea to France, where it was used to strengthen the fortifications of the towns in the Pale of Calais, which at the time was England's continental bridgehead. Some of the domestic buildings remained in 1671, and about this time the refectory was dismantled and its timber re-used to create a long warehouse that still stands at Standard Quay, near by. Not long afterwards the final traces were removed and the exact site of the once famous establishment sank into oblivion and was lost. Among the few surviving buildings of Faversham Abbey are the two barns at Abbey Farm . The smaller (Minor) barn dates from 1425 and the larger (Major) barn dates from 1476.

In the farmyard of which they form part there are other listed buildings including Abbey Farmhouse, part of which dates from the 14th century, and a small building which is thought to have been the abbot’s stable. Remains of Faversham Abbey drawn by the famous antiquary William Stukeley and engraved by Elisha Kirkall for publication in 1722. Buildings are those in the 1735 view [Reproduced courtesy of British Library] Also surviving is the abbey guest house on the east side of the outer gateway of the abbey, now known as Arden's House . This house, now a private residence in Abbey Street, was the location of the infamous murder of Thomas Arden in 1551, the story of which is told in the play Arden of Faversham. Globe House opposite is thought to have been the abbey steward's home. King Stephen, in 1154, his wife, Matilda in 1152, and son Eustace, in 1153, were all buried in the abbey church.

When it was excavated in 1964, their empty graves were found close to the very centre of the quire. Their bones are said to have been thrown into Faversham Creek when the building was dismantled. However, in the nearby Faversham Parish Church of St Mary of Charity is a canopy tomb with no contemporary inscription, where, it is said, their bones were re-interred. Details of the Abbey Excavations of the site have revealed the church had a total length of about 360 feet; the long nave was flanked by north and south aisles in the usual manner and gave a total width of nearly 80 feet. The nave joined the large transept under a massive central tower, the foundation sockets of which took the form of large rectangular pits. From here the chalk foundations of the choir, still with aisles to north and south, ran eastwards to end in a large apse. This was flanked by two smaller apsidal foundations which terminate in aisles. Four more small apses existed on the transept arms.

You can see from the table below that in size (total floor area) the abbey church was a good bit smaller than Canterbury Cathedral, but a good bit bigger than Rochester Cathedral. (measurements in feet): Length Find A Grave: Faversham Cemetery Faversham Cemetery Love Lane, Ladydene, Whitstable Road Faversham Last Name Cemetery notes and/or description: Faversham Borough Cemetery is at Ladydene, on the Whitstable road. It contains 31 War Graves. Five men of the 4th Buffs were killed, with 101 others, in an explosion at Faversham on the 2nd April, 1916, and are buried in a large grave owned and marked by the Explosive Loading Company, Ltd. (with permission from CWGC) Faversham Borough Cemetery is in the Ladydene district in Love Lane (B 2040 road) at the east of town. It was made in 1898, and belongs to the Corporation. Faversham, one of England's most charming and historic market towns, is in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury.

It nestles between the rural beauty of the rolling Downs and the sweeping flatlands of the north Kent marshes. The parish of Faversham (Feversham) includes an ancient sea port some 48 miles east of London, off the London to Dover A2 road, 18 miles east north-east of Maidstone and 9 miles west of Canterbury. It was established as a settlement before the Roman conquest, and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Favreshant. In 1148 Faversham Abbey was established by King Stephen, who with his consort Matilda of Boulogne, and his son, Eustace, the Earl of Boulogne was buried there. During Stephen's reign, Faversham was a very important settlement and even became the capital of England for a short period. The town is known as a harbour and market community and is also at the centre of the county's brewing industry, being home to Britain's oldest brewery. Faversham was the cradle of the UK's explosives industry: it was also to become one of its main centres. The first gunpowder plant was established in the 16th century, possibly at the instigation of Faversham Abbey.

With their estates and endowments monasteries were keen to invest in promising technology. The cemetery contains a mass grave owned and marked by the Explosive Loading Company Ltd. for some 70 casualties of The Great Explosion at Faversham on the 2nd April, 1916, A shipyard was established in the town in 1916 (during WWI) at the request of Lord Fisher, the First Lord of The Admiralty. Faversham already had a tradition of shipbuilding, and it soon became a major contributor to markets throughout the world. Vessels such as the Molliette and the Violette, both constructed of concrete, were the forerunners of over 1200 ships built and launched from Faversham between 1916 and 1969. (text by Geoffrey Gillon) Links

Question: Which English king is buried in Faversham?
Answer: Stephen