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St Petrock's Church is a small church in the centre of Exeter with an interior described by Nicholas Pevsner as "among the most confusing of any church... in England". The church may have been founded as early as the 6th century, but other sources date it to the 11th century.
St Petrock's Church
St Petrock's Church is a small church in the centre of Exeter with an interior described by Nicholas Pevsner as "among the most confusing of any church... in England". The church may have been founded as early as the 6th century, but other sources date it to the 11th century. William the Conqueror
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...
directed the City Provost to pay it one silver penny out of the public taxes, along with 29 other churches.
The current building dates originally from early medieval times and is dedicated to St Petrock, who was a 6th-century Roman Catholic Welsh abbot who was later granted the title of saint by the Vatican.
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St Petrock's Church
Further reading
*Orme, Nicholas (2014) ''The Churches of Medieval Exeter'', Impress Books, ISBN 9781907605512; pp. 156–59. Exeter Churches in Exeter Churches dedicated to St Petroc Exeter {{England-church-stub