The Revd.Anthony Horneck

This is the memorial to Anthony Horneck in Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey

Anthony Horneck was a canon of Westminster and chaplain to the King and Queen.

Anthony Horneck's tomb is the South Transept in Westminster Abbey. It is on the first column facing you on the left; next to the globe of light.

A close up of Anthony Horneck's monument in the South Transept.

Translation of the Latin inscription To the lasting memory of Anthony Horneck D.D. Chaplain to the King and Canon of this Church A man of the first raank for learning and education but chiefly for remarkable zeal to God and religion, holiness of life , gravity of manners, deeds of humanity to several in distress, and in sickness, indefatigable pains in preaching at St Mary Savoy 26 years, his sermons which wonderfully abounded with that primitive piety and strict severity and smooth fluid oratory were famous far and wide and procured him great fame from all good men.Worn out with great pains which he went through in discharge of his duty he fell ill of the stone and died of that malady. He resigned his most pure soul to heaven the last day of January 1696. Aged 56." Back to Home Page For more information please contact me.
First published on 2nd January 2001 and last updated on 30th January 2004.