Richard Alvey (died 1584) was an English clergyman, known as the master of the Temple Church.
[1] He was admitted a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1537 or 1538 during the prefecture of Dr. George Day.
He went into exile, residing at Frankfurt till after the accession of Queen Elizabeth.
By letters-patent dated 13 February 1560 he was appointed master of the Temple, and he was again made one of the canons of Westminster by the charter of refoundation, 21 June 1560.
Edwin Sandys, Bishop of London, collated him to the rectory of Bursted Parva, Essex, on 10 April 1571.