John de Waltham serves as rector of St Peter’s 1379-1380. Waltham becomes an important figure in the Church, becoming Bishop of Salisbury in 1388. He is also a favourite and close friend of King Richard II, who later appoints him Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Treasurer. After Waltham’s death in 1395, Richard honours him with a tomb in Westminster Abbey in the Chapel of Edward the Confessor — the only person not of royal blood to be buried in the royal chapel.
