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RICHARD COURTENAY (d. 1415)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 327 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICHARD See also:COURTENAY (d. 1415)  , See also:English See also:prelate, was a son of See also:Sir See also:Philip See also:Courtenay of Powderham See also:Castle, near See also:Exeter, and a See also:grandson of See also:Hugh Courtenay, See also:earl of See also:Devon (d . 1377) . He was a See also:nephew of See also:William Courtenay, See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, and a descendant of See also:Edward I . Educated at Exeter See also:College, See also:Oxford, he entered the See also:church, where his advance was rapid . He held several prebends, was See also:dean of St See also:Asaph and then dean of See also:Wells, and became See also:bishop of See also:Norwich in 1413 . As See also:chancellor of the university of Oxford, an See also:office to which he was elected in 1407 and again in 1410, Courtenay asserted the See also:independence of the university against See also:Thomas See also:Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury, in 1411; but the archbishop, supported by See also:Henry IV. and See also:Pope See also:John See also:XXIII., eventually triumphed . Courtenay was a See also:personal friend of Henry V. both before and after he came to the See also:throne; and in 1413, immediately after Henry's See also:accession, he was made treasurer of the royal See also:household . On two occasions he went on See also:diplomatic errands to See also:France, and he was also employed by Henry on public business at See also:home . Having accompanied the See also:king to See also:Harfleur in See also:August 1415, Courtenay was attacked by See also:dysentery and died on the 15th of See also:September 1415, his See also:body being buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey . Another member of this See also:family, See also:PETER COURTENAY (d . 1492),, a grandnephew of See also:Richard, also attained high position in the English Church . Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, Peter became dean of See also:Windsor, then dean of Exeter; in 1478 bishop of Exeter; and in 1487 bishop of See also:Winchester in See also:succession to William of See also:Waynflete .

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Stafford, See also:duke of Bucking-See also:ham, and others he attempted to raise a See also:rebellion against Richard III. in 1483, and fled to See also:Brittany when this enterprise failed . Courtenay was restored to his dignities and estates in 1485 by Henry VII., whom he had accompanied to See also:England, and he died on the 23rd of September 1492 . See J . H . See also:Wylie, See also:History of England under Henry IV . (See also:London, 1884-1898) .

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