Courtney, Peter, Lld

Courtney, Peter, LL.D.

an English prelate of the 15th century, was born at Powderham, Devonshire. He was preferred dean of Windsor in 1476, bishop of Exeter in 1478, translated to Winchester in 1487, and died September 22, 1492. See Fuller, Worthies of England (ed. Nuttall), 1:407; Le Neve, Fasti.