A team from the company Pre-Construct Archaeology temporarily uncovered an 11th-century chalk-lined grave, which contained a well-preserved complete skeleton believed to be that of a monk.

Other monks. A learned monk, Ralph Selby, who died in 1420, was buried in the south ambulatory of the Abbey near Abbot Langham's tomb. He was a favourite of Henry IV and Henry V and his grave formerly ...

Matthew Paris, a monk and chronicler in the 13th century, describes how the king himself carried the dubious relic on foot from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to Westminster Abbey on the feast ...

CNA Staff, Aug 25, 2020 / 03:30 am. Archaeologists excavating a lost medieval sacristy at Westminster Abbey in London have uncovered what they believe are the remains of Catholic monks.