COURTENAY, RICHARD (d. 1415), English prelate, was a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham castle, near Exeter, and a grandson of Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon (d. Educated at Exeter college, Oxford, Courtenay held several pre bends, was dean of St. Asaph and then of Wells, and became bishop of Norwich in 1413. As chancellor of Oxford university in 2407 and again in 1410, Courtenay asserted the independence of the university against Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canter bury, but the archbishop, supported by Henry IV. and Pope John XXIII., eventually triumphed. Courtenay was a personal friend of Henry V., who, in 1413, made him treasurer of the royal household. He went twice on diplomatic errands to France, and was also employed by Henry on public business at home. He died on Sept. 15, 1415.