BENET, William (1381-1463), of Canterbury, Kent.

Jurat, Canterbury Mich. 1406–8, 1409 – 11, 1412 – 14, 1418 – 19, 1420 – 21, 1422 – 24, 1425 – 27, 1429 – 30, 1432–4 1436–8, 1439 – 41, 1442 – 43, 1445 – 47, 1451 – 52, 1457 – 58, 1459–61;Canterbury accts. FA1, ff. 74–286d; 2, ff. 3–64d. bailiff 1415 – 17, 1419 – 20, 1421 – 22, 1430 – 31, 1434 – 35, 1443 – 44; mayor 1449–50;List Canterbury Officials, comp. Urry and Bunce, 49–51, although it was Benet’s fellow bailiff William Billington who died on 28 Dec. 1444 during their year of office, not Benet: FA1, f. 302. chamberlain 1452–4.FA2, ff. 39, 42d.

Commr. of inquiry, Canterbury May 1458 (treasons and felonies).