Gloucester Cathedral - Burials

Burials

  • Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror
  • Edward II of England, seventh Plantagenet king of England (1307–1327).
  • John Wakeman, last Abbot of Tewkesbury and first Bishop of Gloucester (1541–1550).
  • James Brooks Bishop of Gloucester (1554–1558).
  • Richard Cheyney, Bishop of Gloucester (1562–1579).
  • John Bullingham, Bishop of Gloucester (1581–1598).
  • William Nicholson Bishop of Gloucester (1660–1672).
  • Martin Benson, Bishop of Gloucester (1734–1752).
  • Richard Pate, landowner and Member of Parliament for Gloucester.
  • Thomas Machen, mercer who was mayor of Gloucester three times and one time Member of Parliament for the city.
  • Dorothea Beale, Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College, educational reformer and suffragist.

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