Editing John Peckham (section)

==Death and legacy==
A number of manuscripts of Peckham's works on [[philosophy]] and [[biblical commentary]] remain extant. Queen Eleanor persuaded him to write for her a scholarly work in French, which was later described as "unfortunately rather a dull and uninspired little treatise."<ref name=Edward123>Prestwich ''Edward I'' p. 123</ref> His poem ''Philomena'' is considered one of the finest poems written in its time.<ref name=HistMedLit362>Wallace ''Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature'' p. 362</ref>

Peckham died on 8 December 1292<ref name=Handbook233/> at [[Mortlake]] and was buried in the north transept, or the Martyrdom, of Canterbury Cathedral.<ref name=DNB/> His heart, however, was buried with the Franciscans under the high altar of their London church, [[Greyfriars, London]].<ref name=Burton120>Burton ''Monastic and Religious Orders'' p. 120</ref> His tomb still survives.<ref name=DNB/> He founded a [[St Mary's Church, Wingham|college at Wingham, Kent]] in 1286, probably a college of [[Canon (priest)|canons]] serving a church.<ref name=Lordship127>DeBoulay ''Lordship of Canterbury'' p. 127</ref>