at Paris in 1258 and 1263. He attended a general council of the church held at Lyons in the summer of 1274. Branscombe's register of his diocesan administration is the earliest episcopal one surviving from Exeter. He was a founder of a number of churches in his diocese, and issued sets of instructions for his cathedral church as well as others in his diocese. His last years were occupied with a dispute with Edmund the Earl of Cornwall over the earl's infringement of ecclesiastical rights. Branscombe died on 22 July 1280 at Bishopsteignton. He was buried in Exeter Cathedral, where his tomb, with the bishop's effigy, still survives. It remained unscathed during the Exeter Blitz, being protected by sand bags. Notes Citations References Further reading External links "Entry for Walter Bronescombe" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter The Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter: Bishop Bronescombe's Tomb Bishops of Exeter 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Burials at Exeter Cathedral Year of birth uncertain 1220 births 1280 deaths