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==Burials and monuments== Gloucester Cathedral has a large collection of funerary monuments from the Middle Ages to the present. Notable people buried at Gloucester Cathedral include: *[[Osric of Hwicce|Osric, King of the Hwicce]] *[[Robert Curthose]], eldest son of [[William the Conqueror]] *[[Edward II of England]], 6th [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet]] King of England (1307β1327) *[[John Wakeman]], last [[Tewkesbury Abbey|Abbot of Tewkesbury]] and first [[Bishop of Gloucester]] (1541β1550) *[[James Brooks (bishop)|James Brooks]], Bishop of Gloucester (1554β1558) *[[Richard Cheyney]], Bishop of Gloucester (1562β1579) *[[John Bullingham]], Bishop of Gloucester (1581β1598) *Members of the [[w:Category:Hyett family|Hyett family]] from the 17th and 18th centuries, whose remains were discovered accidentally in November 2015<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-32914568|title=Burial vault discovered 'accidentally' at Gloucester Cathedral|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2 November 2015|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102110104/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-32914568|archive-date=2 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[William Nicholson (English bishop)|William Nicholson]], Bishop of Gloucester (1660β1672) *[[Martin Benson (bishop)|Martin Benson]], Bishop of Gloucester (1734β1752) *[[Richard Pate]], landowner and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for Gloucester *[[Thomas Machen]], [[Mercery|mercer]] who was [[mayor]] of Gloucester three times and one time MP for the city *[[Dorothea Beale]], Principal of the [[Cheltenham Ladies' College]], educational reformer and suffragist *[[Ralph Bigland]], [[Garter Principal King of Arms]] (1712β1784) *[[Miles Nightingall]], British army general (1768β1829) *[[Albert Mansbridge]], pioneer of [[adult education]] in Britain (1876β1952) *[[John Yates (bishop)|John Yates]], Bishop of Gloucester (1925β2008) <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px"> Memorial to Osric, Prince of Mercia, in Gloucester Cathedral 01.jpg|Tomb of [[Osric of Hwicce|Osric, King of the Hwicce]] Robert Duke of NormandyGloucester Cathedral2.JPG|Tomb of [[Robert Curthose]] Gloucester Cathedral 20190210 143009 (46707829225).jpg|Tomb of [[Edward II of England]] Memorial, Gloucester Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 876639.jpg|Tomb of [[Thomas Machen]] Sarah Morley Memorial detail Flaxman.jpg|Detail of monument to Sarah Morley by [[John Flaxman]] </gallery>
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