John Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, was of humble origins, the son of a yeoman, William Baxter of Heydon. He became a successful lawyer, and is known, through the Paston Letters, as one of the princ
Interior of Norwich Cathedral, where John Heydon was buried
Baconsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is 4 miles south-east of Holt, 5 miles south of Sheringham and 20 miles north of Norwich.