Peter Quinel

Peter QuinelOr Peter de Quivel, or Quivil

Quinel was elected between 7 August and 7 October 1280 and consecrated on 10 November 1280. gave detailed lists of the required furnishings of a church, and ordered that any uneducated clergy should be deprived of office. These were part of a set of statutes that Quinel issued in 1287 for his diocese. He also continued the rebuilding efforts at Exeter Cathedral, and was generally credited with deciding to rework the cathedral along Gothic lines. He was buried in the lady chapel in his cathedral, where his tomb slab is still extant.