Richard Fletcher (1544/5, Watford – 15 June 1596) was a Church of England priest and bishop.
Fletcher was educated at Norwich School[1] and at Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1562, graduating B.A.
Moving to Corpus Christi College, where he gained a fellowship in 1569, he graduated M.A.
During Fletcher's time as Dean of Peterborough Cathedral he was present at the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots on 8 February 1587,[2] described by Fraser as "pray(ing) out loud and at length, in a prolonged and rhetorical style as though determined to force his way into the pages of history" (1969:584), and presided over her initial funeral and burial at Peterborough Cathedral.
[3] Fletcher was elected Bishop of Bristol on 13 November 1589 and consecrated on 14 December 1589.