Richard Courtenay

For those of the same or a similar name, see Richard Courtenay (MP) and Richard Courtney (disambiguation).
Richard Courtenay
Bishop of Norwich
Appointed June 1413
Term ended September 1415
Predecessor Alexander Tottington
Successor John Wakering
Other posts Dean of St Asaph
Dean of Wells
Orders
Consecration 17 September 1413
Personal details
Died c. 15 September 1415
Harfleur, France
Buried Westminster Abbey
Denomination Roman Catholic
Parents Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle
Alma mater Exeter College, Oxford

Richard Courtenay (died 15 September 1415) was an English prelate and university chancellor.[1]

Life

Courtenay was a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle near Exeter, and a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (died 1377). He was a nephew of William Courtenay, archbishop of Canterbury, and a descendant of King Edward I of England.[2]

Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, Courtenay entered the church, where his advance was rapid. He held several prebends, was Dean of St Asaph and then Dean of Wells, and became Bishop of Norwich in June 1413,[2] being consecrated on 17 September 1413.[3]

As Chancellor of the University of Oxford,[4] an office to which Courtenay was elected more than once, Courtenay asserted the independence of the University against Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1411; but the Archbishop, supported by King Henry IV and Pope John XXIII, eventually triumphed.[2]

Courtenay was a personal friend of King Henry V both before and after he came to the throne; and in 1413, immediately after Henry's accession, he was made treasurer of the royal household. On two occasions he went on diplomatic errands to France, and he was also employed by Henry on public business at home. Having accompanied the king to Harfleur in August 1415, Courtenay was attacked by dysentery and died about 15 September 1415,[3] his body being buried in Westminster Abbey.[2]

Family

Another member of this family was Peter Courtenay (died 1492), a grandnephew of Richard. He also attained high position in the English Church.[2]

Citations

  1. Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. Google Books. pp. 37, 39–40.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Chisholm 1911.
  3. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 262
  4. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.

References

Academic offices
Preceded by
Robert Alum
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1407
Succeeded by
Richard Ullerston
Preceded by
William Sulburge
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1411–1412
Succeeded by
William Sulburge
Preceded by
William Sulburge
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1412–1413
Succeeded by
William Sulburge
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Alexander Tottington
Bishop of Norwich
1413–1415
Succeeded by
John Wakering
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