Burials
- Chad of Mercia, Bishop of the Northumbrians, later Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People, and Saint – originally buried in the Church of Saint Mary which became part of the cathedral
- Geoffrey de Muschamp, Bishop of Coventry (1198–1208)
- William de Cornhill, Bishop of Coventry (1214–1223)
- Alexander de Stavenby, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1224–1238)
- Hugh de Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1239–1241)
- Roger Weseham, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1245–1256)
- Walter Langton, Lord High Treasurer of England and Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1296–1321)
- George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield (1868–1878), first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand (1841–1858) and Primate of New Zealand (1858–1868)
- Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC (1768- 1854), cavalry officer during the Battle of Waterloo.
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