Richard Praty

Richard Praty (or Pratty, c. 1390 – August 1445) was a medieval university Chancellor and Bishop.^[1]

Richard Praty
Bishop of Chichester
Appointed	21 April 1438
Term ended	August 1445
Predecessor	Simon Sydenham
Successor	Adam Moleyns
Previous post(s)	Dean of the Chapel Royal
Orders
Consecration	27 July 1438
Personal details
Born	c. 1390
Died	August 1445
Denomination	Catholic

After serving as the King's chaplain from 1430, including two years with him in France, Praty was made Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1432.^[2] He gave up this position after being nominated, with the active support of the King, to the office of the Bishop of Chichester on 21 April 1438 and consecrated on 27 July 1438.^[3] He was also Chancellor of the University of Oxford during 1438–9.

Praty died in August 1445.^[3]

Citations

1. Whittick, Christopher (2011). "Praty, Richard (c.1390–1445)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95138. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239.

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Academic offices
Preceded by John Carpenter	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1438–1439	Succeeded by John Norton
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Simon Sydenham	Bishop of Chichester 1438–1445	Succeeded by Adam Moleyns