Richard Peche was a medieval Bishop of Coventry

Bishop of Coventry

The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield....

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Peche 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

Ralph de Diceto

Ralph de Diceto was archdeacon of Middlesex, dean of St Paul's Cathedral , and author of two chronicles, the Abbreviationes Chronicorum and the Ymagines Historiarum.-Early career:...

 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. He was consecrated about 18 April 1161, either by Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury

Theobald of Bec

Theobald was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1139 to 1161. He was a Norman; his exact birth date is unknown. Some time in the late 11th or early 12th century Theobald became a monk at the Abbey of Bec, rising to the position of abbot in 1137. King Stephen of England chose him to be Archbishop of...

 or by Walter, Bishop of Rochester

Walter, Bishop of Rochester

-Life:Walter was the brother of Theobald of Bec, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1138 to 1161. Theobald selected Walter to be Archdeacon of Canterbury soon after Theobald's election, and it was Theobald who secured Walter's election to Rochester....

. Richard probably assisted Roger de Pont L'Evêque

Roger de Pont L'Evêque

Roger de Pont L'Évêque was a contemporary of Thomas Becket and later Archbishop of York. Born in Normandy, he preceded Becket as Archdeacon of Canterbury, and together with Becket served Theobald of Bec while Theobald was Archbishop of Canterbury...

 the Archbishop of York

Archbishop of York

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 in the cornonation of Henry the Young King

Henry the Young King

Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine but the first to survive infancy. He was officially King of England; Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine.-Early life:Little is known of the young prince Henry before the events...

 in 1170. After Becket's death, Richard, along with Bartholomew Iscanus

Bartholomew Iscanus

Bartholomew Iscanus was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.-Early life:Bartholomew was a native of Normandy, and was probably born in Millières, a village in the Cotentin near Lessay and Périers. He was a clerk of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury before becoming Archdeacon of Exeter in 1155...

 the Bishop of Exeter

Bishop of Exeter

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 reconciled Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral

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 so it might be once more used for the liturgy. 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

Canon (priest)

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at Stafford, although the story that he founded the house he retired has since been proven to be not the case.