John Pycot Explained

John Pycot was Dean of Exeter between 1280 and 1283.[1]

Implicated in the murder of one of the Bishop of Exeter's men, Walter Lechlade, in the close of Exeter Cathedral on 5 November 1283 following a local feud, he was banished in December 1285 to a monastery.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Ursula. Radford. 1955. An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter. Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 87. 1–24.
  2. Web site: A short history of Exeter Cathedral. Exeter Memories. 2017-01-22.

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