(c. 1160–1220) Elizabeth de Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester Hugh Despenser the Younger Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, (c.1394 – 18 March 1421/1422) Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche (c. 1355 – 4 May 1396) Elizabeth le Despenser Hugh le Despencer, Baron le Despencer (1338) Elizabeth Montague (d.1359), his wife Samuel Jones (academy tutor) The Three Organs The Abbey's 17th-century organ – known as the Milton Organ – was originally made for Magdalen College, Oxford, by Robert Dallam. After the English Civil War it was removed to the chapel of Hampton Court Palace, where the poet Milton may have played it. It came to Tewkesbury in 1737. Since then, it has undergone several major rebuilds. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. In the North Transept is the stupendous Grove Organ, built by the short-lived partnership of Michell & Thynne in 1885: . The third organ in the Abbey is the Elliott chamber organ of 1812, mounted on a movable platform: . List of organists James Cleavely, 1737–1767 James Edward Chandler, 1767–1798 Nathaniel Chandler, 1798–1847 Nathaniel Chandler White, 1847–1857 Thomas Vale, 1857 Jabez Jones, 1857–1858 Mr. Caseley, 1858 R.M. Ellis, 1858–1861 Edward Gillman, 1861–1867 John Thorniloe Horniblow, 1867–1878 Henry Rogers, 1878–1880 Daniel Hemmingway, 1881–1891 Samuel Bath, 1891–1900 Alfred W. V. Vine, 1900–1910 Capt. Percy Baker, 1910–1943 Revd. Claude William Parnell, 1916–1918 (deputising for Percy Baker) Michael Stockwin Howard, 1943–1944 Huskisson Stubington, 1944–1966 Michael Peterson, 1966–1985 John Belcher, 1985–1996 (formerly organist of St Asaph Cathedral) Carleton Etherington, 1996–present List of assistant organists Leonard William Tracy Arkell 1910–1912 Richard Abdiel Chorley 1950–1985 The bells The bells at the Abbey were overhauled in 1962. The ring is now made up of twelve bells, hung for change ringing, cast in 1962, by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough. The inscriptions of the old 5th and 10th bells are copied in facsimile onto the new bells. The bells have modern cast iron headstocks and all run on self-aligning ball bearings. They are hung in the north-east corner of the tower, and the ringing chamber is partitioned off from the rest of the tower. A semitone bell (Flat 6th) and extra treble were also cast by Taylor of Loughborough in 1991 and 2020