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John Pycot

John Pycot was Dean of Exeter between 1280 and 1283.

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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

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  1. Radford, Ursula (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 87: 1–24.
  2. "A short history of Exeter Cathedral". Exeter Memories. Retrieved 22 January 2017.