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Richard Peche (died 1182) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry.Peche was probably the son of Robert Peche who was Bishop of Coventry from 1121 to 1128. He was definitely the son of a priest as Ralph de Diceto wrote about him and justified the elevation of a son of priest to the episcopacy. He was Archdeacon of Coventry and may have been given that office by his father although the first record of him as an archdeacon is from about 1140.