Find A Grave - Canterbury

Henry IV b. April 3, 1367 d. March 21, 1413
English Monarch. The son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster, Henry, Duke of Lancaster had an on/off relationship with his cousin, King Richard II. He was one of the nobles who persecuted Richard's advisors and favorites, but his excellence as a soldier earned him Richard's favor. However, Richard's increasing suspicions led to Henry's banishment for 10 years. When Richard confiscated John of Gaunt's vast Lancastrian estates in 1399, Henry invaded England while the king was on campaign on...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Trinity Chapel
Howley, William
Archbishop of Canterbury 1828-48, he crowned Queen Victoria.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Joan of Navarre b. 1370 d. July 9, 1437
French, English royalty; queen consort of King Henry IV. Also known as Joanna, she was the daughter of Charles II (Charles the Bad), King of Navarre and his wife Princess Joan, daughter of King John II of France. She married John V, Duke of Brittany, on October 2, 1386. They had nine children, seven of whom survived childhood. The Duke died in 1399, and Joan served as regent for her son John VI until 1401, when a marriage was arranged between her and Henry IV, King of England. They were married...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Lanfranc b. 1005 d. May 24, 1089
Archbishop of Canterbury. Born at Pavia, he studied law and, after his father's death, crossed the Alps to found a school in France. Then he decided to move to Normandy where, in 1039, he became master of the cathedral school at Avranches. In 1042 he took monastic vows at Bec where he lived in absolute seclusion until 1045. He was then persuaded to open a school in the monastery and many prominent churchmen were pupils, including a man who later became Pope Alexander II. After the conquest of...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: St Martin's chapel
Lang, Cosmo Gordon b. October 31, 1864 d. December 4, 1945
English Religious Figure. 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1928 to 1942. Earlier he had been Archbishop of York. During the abdication crisis of 1936 his advice was sought by both King Edward VIII and the Prime Minister. He died of heart attack while running to catch a train. (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: St Stephen's Chapel
Langton, Stephen b. 1151 d. 1228
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1213, and one of the key instruments in the forcing of the Magna Carta.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Beneath St Michaels Chapel
Longley, Thomas
Archbishop of Canterbury 1862-68 and under whose supremacy the first Lambeth Conference was held.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Maugham, W. (William) Somerset b. January 25, 1874 d. December 16, 1965
British Playwright, Novelist, and Short Story Writer. He is best remembered for his novels "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge." He was born William Somerset Maugham at the British Embassy in Paris, France, where his father was a lawyer who handled England's legal affairs in Paris. By the age of ten his parents had died, his mother from tuberculosis and his father from cancer. He then went to live with his uncle, Henry MacDonald Maugham, who was the Vicar of Whitstable in Kent, England...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Cremated, Ashes buried beneath a rose bush near the Maugham Library, Canterbury Cathedral
Mildred of Thanet
Roman Catholic Saint. She was the daughter of Saint Ermenburga (Eormenburh, also called Domneva, great grand daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent who had welcomed Saint Augustine when he landed at Ebbsfleet, Kent in AD597) and Merewald, third son of King Penda of Mercia. She could thus claim descent from Hengist, who settled in Kent at the end of the Roman Occupation in AD 410. Her mother built the Abbey of Minster-in-Thanet for 70 nuns on land given by her cousin, King Egbert of Kent in about AD...[Read More] (Bio by: geoffrey gillon)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
More, Sir. Thomas b. February 7, 1478 d. July 6, 1535
Statesman, Lawyer, Author, Roman Catholic Saint. One of the key figures of the English Renaissance. His humanist political fantasy "Utopia" (1516) has had an enduring impact on world literature and social theory. A loyal Catholic, More served as Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VIII (1529 to 1532), but resigned because he opposed the king's religious policies. This stance cost him his life. He is admired for his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
St Dunstan Churchyard, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Roper Chapel
Morton, John b. 1420 d. September 15, 1500
Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury. Graduated in law at Balliol College, Oxford, and practised ecclesiastical law in London. A supporter of Lancastrians, he was exiled after the Yorkist victory at Towton in 1461, but later made his peace with Edward IV. He became Master of the rolls in 1473, and undertook several diplomatic missions. In 1479 he was made Bishop of Ely and later was an executor of the will of Edward IV. He was arrested by Richard III and imprisoned in the Tower of London but later...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Chapel of Our Lady, crypt
Nothelm
Roman Catholic Saint. The 11th Archbishop of Canterbury, he was a contemporary of Saint Bede and Saint Boniface. He died around 739 AD and his Feast Day is October 17th. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
of Canterbury, Saint Augustine d. May 26, 604
Italian missionary, called the Apostle of the English, founded the Christian Church in southern England and became the first archbishop of Canterbury. He was probably born to aristocrats in Rome, became a monk and was sent to England, as the head of a 40-strong mission, by Pope Gregory I. He was accompanied by Laurence of Canterbury, the second archbishop. Arriving in 597, he converted King Ethelbert, thus making him the first Christian king in Anglo-Saxon England. Ethelbert himself was a pagan...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
St Augustine Abbey (ruins), Canterbury, Kent, England
Parkinson, C. Northcote b. July 30, 1909 d. February 9, 1993
Author. He is famous for "Parkinson's Law", he was bborn in Barnard's Castle, County Durham, and was educated at St. Peter's School in York, Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and King's College, London, at the latter of which, in 1935, he obtained his Ph.D. in History. With the exception of his War years, in which he served with the Queen's Royal Regiment and reached the rank of Major, he taught in various schools in Great Britain and, from 1950 to 1958, in Malaya, but remained unknown to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Canterbury City Cemetery, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plegmund
Roman Catholic Saint. The 20th Archbishop of Canterbury, he served as a tutor to King Alfred and had a reputation for being a very educated person. He also helped to rebuild the church after the Viking invasions. His Feast Day is August 2nd. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Power, Leonel b. 1380 d. June 5, 1445
Composer. He and John Dunstable were England's first major composers of the Renaissance. Together they developed an harmonic style that was unique to their country, and which came to be known in Europe as "the English countenance". Power's arresting "Missa Alma redemptoris mater" (c. 1440) is one of the earliest Masses to use the same "cantus firmus" (melodic base) in all of its movements for thematic unity. His influence was considerable. Power probably came from Kent, though his birthdate...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Churchyard
Ramsey, Arthur Michael b. November 14, 1904 d. April 23, 1988
Religious Leader. Served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974.
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: The Cloisters
Roper, William b. 1496 d. January 4, 1578
British Politician, Jurist, Author. A staunch Catholic, his career reflected the upheavals of England's Reformation period and its aftermath. His book "The Life and Death of Sir Thomas More" (c.1555, published in 1626) is a classic study of his famous father-in-law, and a primary source on the subject's personal life. Roper was born in Canterbury into an old and respected Kentish family. He probably studied at Oxford, was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
St Dunstan Churchyard, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Roper vault
Saint Alphege d. 1012
Saint and Martyr. He was the 30th archbishop of Canterbuty. In 1011 he was captured by the Danes. A heavy ransom was demanded for his release but he insisted that his people refuse to pay it. The Danes in turn killed him in Greenwich. He was born about 954 AD and was killed in 1012. His Feast Day is April 19th. (Bio by: Willie)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Saint Anselm b. 1033 d. April 21, 1109
Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born at Aosta in Piedmont into a noble family. At 27, after a disagreement with his father, he became a monk. He often traveled to England and impressed the locals with his knowledge and piety. Anselm was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1107 and spent his remaining years carrying out his pastoral duties. He was canonized by Pope Alexander VI in 1494. (Bio by: julia&keld)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

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