John Pycot [SEP] position held
John Pycot
John Pycot was Dean of Exeter between 1280 and 1283.
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.
of high treason).
- 5 November – an official of Exeter Cathedral, Walter Lechlade, is murdered in its close in a conspiracy ordered by the Dean, John Pycot, and the city's mayor, Alured de Porta.
- 1284
- 3 March – the Statute of Rhuddlan extends English law to Wales.
- The first "Round Table" tournament held, at Nefyn.
- Peterhouse, the oldest collegiate foundation of the University of Cambridge, is established by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of