Monuments  
The medieval church was the resting place of many prominent citizens, most famously Henry Yeuelle or de Yeveley, master mason to Edward III, Richard II and Henry IV, who built the monument to Richard's first queen, Anne of Bohemia, in Westminster Abbey, and his own in St. Magnus; hers remains, his was lost in 1666. Having largely survived fire and war since, the church again has a fine collection, of which Pevsner & Bradley, in London: The City Churches, particularly commend Thomas Collet d.1704, Robert Dickins d.1705, Sir James Sanderson d.1798, Miles Stringer d.1799, and Thomas Preston d.1826. In 1850, the Metropolitan Interments Act put an end to burials in City churches, as new commercial cemeteries were established in the suburbs.  Sir Henry Yeveley is remembered on the 11th bell in the tower,

Miles Coverdale
The church's most conspicuous monument commemorates Miles Coverdale (1487-1569), who began his career in an Augustinian monastery under Henry VIII, became an early and industrious advocate of the Reformation, and survived interesting times to oversee production of the first complete Bible in English (printed in Zurich in 1535, when church and state in England were still officially opposed to the venture) and then the first authorised version (the Great Bible, printed in London only four years later), subsequent elevation to Bishop of Exeter under Edward VI, a second period of exile under Mary I, and a short spell as rector of St. Magnus the Martyr under Elizabeth I (1564-66, after which he resigned his living rather than conform further). He was buried in another of his erstwhile parishes, St. Bartholomew by the Exchange; when that church was demolished in 1840 to make way for the new Royal Exchange, his remains and newly-erected monument (by George Sharp of Gloucester, 1837) were moved to St. Magnus. For a fascinating, historical look at the City of London both from a 1960s perspective to comparisons with today - please click:  http://www.historyinfocus-london.co.uk/