Richard Peche

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name =Robert Peche


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Coventry
Title = Bishop of Coventry
Period = 1161–1182
Predecessor = Walter Durdent
Successor =Gerard la Pucelle
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date of death =6 October 1182
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Richard Peche was a medieval Bishop of Coventry.

He was probably the son of Robert Peche who was bishop of Coventry from 1121 to 1128. He was definitely the son of a priest, as Ralph de Diceto wrote about him and justified the elevation of a son of priest to the episcopacy. He was archdeacon of Coventry, and may have been given that office by his father, although the first record of him as an archdeacon is from about 1140.Franklin "Peche, Richard (d. 1182)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] He was consecrated on about 18 April 1161,Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 253] either by Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury or by Walter bishop of Rochester. Richard probably assisted Roger de Pont L'Evêque archbishop of York in the cornonation of Henry the Young King in 1170.Barlow "Thomas Becket" p. 206] After Becket's death, Richard, along with Bartholomew Iscanus bishop of Exeter reconciled Canterbury Cathedral so it might be once more used for the liturgy.Barlow "Thomas Becket" p. 264] While bishop, Richard worked to restore the finances of the diocese, and ten charters he issued are still extant. Richard resigned the see in 1182 and died on 6 October 1182. After his resignation, he took the habit of an Augustinian canon at Stafford,Knowles "The Monastic Order in England" p. 478 footnote 1] although the story that he founded the house he retired has since been proven to be not the case.

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References

* Barlow, Frank "Thomas Becket" Berkeley, CA:University of California Press 1986 ISBN 0-520-07175-1
* Franklin, M. J. "Peche, Richard (d. 1182)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21733 Online Edition] accessed 14 January 2008
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* Knowles, Dom David "The Monastic Order in England: From the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council" Second Edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1976 reprint ISBN 0-521-05479-6

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