Richard Courtenay (died 15 September 1415) was an English prelate and university chancellor,[1] who served as Bishop of Norwich from 1413 to 1415.
He was a nephew of William Courtenay, archbishop of Canterbury, and a descendant of King Edward I of England.
[3] Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, Courtenay entered the church, where his advance was rapid.
[4] As Chancellor of the University of Oxford,[5] 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 Antipope John XXIII, eventually triumphed.
Having accompanied the king to Harfleur in August 1415, Courtenay succumbed to dysentery[citation needed] and died about 15 September 1415.