Thomas Percy was made the rector of the parish at the age of 24; he was a friend of Samuel Johnson, who was a frequent visitor to the Rectory.

The church floor was designed by Lord Alwyne Compton, Bishop of Ely, and includes the motto of the Marquesses of Northampton.

[1] The chief monument is to Sir Christopher Yelverton, a Speaker of the House of Commons, who composed the prayer which is still said daily in Parliament.

The village and church feature in "The Hammer of God", the first episode of the 1974 Father Brown television series, starring Kenneth More.

The actor Derek Nimmo lived in Easton Maudit and is buried in the village graveyard.