Edmund Rich bronze plaque

This bronze commemorative plaque records: St Edmund of Abingdon The first Master and Theologian of the University to become Archbishop of Canterbury taught in and around this Church of St Peter-in-the-East during the years 1195–1201 and 1214–1222. This statue by Rodney Munday was presented by the St Edmund Hall Association in 2007 on the fiftieth anniversary of the Royal Charter being granted to the College.

The Most Rev. Edmund Rich, also known as St Edmund of Abingdon, was a significant theologian and educator who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; he is remembered for his scholarly contributions and eventual canonization by the Catholic Church.