Editing Romsey Abbey (section)

==Notable burials==
[[File:RomseyAbbeyMountbatten.jpg|thumb|upright|Tombs of John and Grissell St Barbe and that of [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Earl Mountbatten of Burma]].]]
Among the tombs housed in the present church are:

Reportedly, that of Prince Edmund Atheling (c. 966 – c. 970), the eldest son of [[Edgar the Peaceful]], King of Northumbria and Mercia, by his third wife, [[Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar|Ælfthryth]], the elder brother of King [[Æthelred the Unready]] (c. 968–1016) who died in infancy and was buried in the old Romsey Abbey.

John and Grissell St Barbe, both died in 1658. The family acquired the abbey estate shortly after the dissolution and held it until 1723.<ref name=Guide>{{cite book |last1=Sledge |first1=Tim |title=Romsey Abbey |date=2011 |publisher=Pitkin |isbn=978-1-84165-357-0 |page=6}}</ref>

[[William Petty]] (1623-1687), in his day a noted English economist, scientist, philosopher, Fellow of the Royal Society and politician. He first came to prominence serving [[Oliver Cromwell]] and the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] in Ireland and, like many others, later served under [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] and [[James II of England|King James II]]. Knighted in 1661, he became the great-grandfather of Prime Minister [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne]].

[[John Latham (ornithologist)|John Latham]] (1740-1837), English physician, naturalist and ornithologist, one of the first to examine scientifically birds discovered in Australia. He was elected to the [[Royal Society]] in 1775, took part in the creation of the [[Linnean Society]], and in 1812, he was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].

The [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] (1900–1979). On being given his [[Earldom]] in 1947, Mountbatten had been granted the lesser title of Baron Romsey and he lived locally at [[Broadlands]] House. On 27 August 1979, Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas, and two others were assassinated by a bomb, set by members of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]], hidden aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, [[Ireland]]. He was buried here following [[Funeral of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|a Ceremonial Funeral]] in Westminster Abbey. By request, his grave is aligned north–south, rather than the conventional east–west, so that he faces the sea where his wife, Edwina's, ashes were scattered.<ref name=Guide />

Buried in the churchyard is Major General Sir [[Richard Luce (surgeon)|Richard Harman Luce]] (1867-1952), an English surgeon, British Army officer and politician, who served for a time as MP for Derby in 1924 and later as Mayor of Romsey.