John Pekyns Explained

John Pekyns was an Oxford college head in the 16th century.^[1]

Pekyns was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1523 and M.A. in 1524. He was Rector from 1531 to 1534.^[2] A priest, he held the living at Bradwell juxta Mare from 1542 until his deprivation in 1554. He was also a Canon of Westminster.

Notes and References

1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1131-1154 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Peach-Peyton
2. Exeter College', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 107–118