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Thomas Pincerna, also known as Thomas Butler was Archdeacon of Totnes from 1238 to 1254. [1]

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References

  1. Wright, W. H. K., ed. (1889). Some Account of the Barony and Town of Okehampton. Tiverton: William Masland. p.  148.