COURTENAY, PETER (d. 1492), a grandnephew of Richard Courtenay (q.v.), attained high position in the English Church. Educated at Exeter college, Oxford, he became dean of Windsor, then dean of Exeter ; in 5478 bishop of Exeter ; and in 1487 bishop of Winchester in succession to William of Wayn flete. With Stafford, duke of Buckingham, and others he at tempted a rebellion in 1483, and fled to Brittany when this failed. Courtenay was restored to his dignities in 1485 by Henry VII., whom he had accompanied to England. He died Sept. 23, 1492.