Editing Sherborne Abbey (section)

== Memorials and tombs ==

The north choir aisle contains two tombs, believed to be the tombs of King [[Æthelbald of Wessex]] and his brother King [[Ethelbert of Wessex]], elder brothers to [[Alfred the Great]].<ref name="Friendsbook"/><ref name="DestinationsUK">{{cite web|url= http://www.destinations-uk.com/articles.php?link=articles&country=england&id=371&articletitle=Sherborne%20Abbey |title= Destinations UK: Sherborne Abbey|access-date= 2008-07-13}}</ref>

Inside the Wykeham chapel is the tomb of [[John Horsey (died 1546)|Sir John Horsey]] and [[John Horsey (died 1564)|his son]]. Horsey had bought the church after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] and sold it to the townspeople. Also in the chapel is the plainly marked tomb of the poet [[Thomas Wyatt (poet)|Sir Thomas Wyatt]].<ref name="sherbornewykeham">{{cite web|url= http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/sherbornehorsey.htm|title= Sherborne Abbey: The Horsey Tomb|access-date= 2008-07-13|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071108073254/http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/sherbornehorsey.htm|archive-date= 8 November 2007}}</ref>

The south transept contains an impressive [[baroque]] memorial to John Digby, 3rd [[Earl of Bristol]], made of marble and designed by [[John Nost]].<ref name="sherbornedigby">{{cite web|url= http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/sherbornedigbym.htm |title= Sherborne Abbey: The South Transept and Digby Memorial|access-date= 2008-07-13}}</ref> Additionally there is a memorial to Robert and Mary Digby.<ref name="Friendsbook"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Hutchins |first=John |date=1861 |title=The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset |url=http://www.opcdorset.org/SherborneFiles/SherborneMIs.htm |location=London |publisher=John Bowyer Nichols and Sons }}</ref>

St Katherine's Chapel contains the 16th-century tomb of [[John Leweston]] and wife Joan.<ref name="sherborneleweston"/> The chapel was where [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] and Lady Raleigh attended services.<ref name="Friendsbook"/>

The north aisle contains a memorial to Abbot Clement (1163) and an effigy to an unknown prior, while the south aisle contains an effigy of Abbot Lawrence of Bradford (1246).<ref name="Friendsbook"/>

The Digby Memorial, situated outside the abbey, is a memorial to George Digby who provided a lot of funding for renovation work during the 19th century. It was built in 1884 and features statues of St Aldhelm, [[Roger of Salisbury|Bishop Roger of Salisbury (Roger de Caen)]], Abbot Bradford and Sir Walter Raleigh.<ref name="sherbornedigbymemorial">{{cite web|url= http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/sherbornedigby2.htm |title= Sherborne Abbey: The George Digby Wingfield Digby Memorial|access-date= 2008-07-13}}</ref>

=== Burials ===
*[[Æthelbald, King of Wessex]]
*[[Æthelberht, King of Wessex]]
*[[Thomas Wyatt (poet)]]
*[[John Horsey (died 1546)]]
*[[John Horsey (died 1564)]]
*[[John Leweston]]
*[[John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol]]
*[[William Digby, 5th Baron Digby]]