Robert Peche (died 1126) was a medieval
Bishop of Coventry
The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichf ...
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Peche was elected about January 1121, and consecrated on 13 March 1121. He died on 22 August 1126.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 253] Little is known of his background, and his actual activity while bishop remains obscure.
[Barlow ''English Church'' p. 84] It is probable that
Richard Peche, who became bishop of Coventry from 1161 to 1182 was his son.
[Franklin "Peche, Richard" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'']
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12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of Lichfield
1126 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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