Peter Payne

Peter Payne (born c. 1380, Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died c. 1455, Prague, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]) was an English theologian, diplomat, and follower of the early religious Reformer John Wycliffe. He was a leading figure in securing Bohemia for the Hussites. About the time Payne was principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (1410–12), he joined the Lollards, and when the influential Lollard soldier Sir John Oldcastle was indicted in 1413, Payne felt it prudent to...