Robert Benet
Robert Benet was the Mayor of Windsor, England in 1536.
Benet was a zealous Protestant who fell foul of , an equally zealous Catholic in Windsor, who had a powerful friend in Bishop Gardiner's agent, Dr John London.[1] Benet was arrested in 1543, along with four others. He was condemned to death but, unlike the three Windsor Martyrs, escaped being burnt because he was unwell![1] He was later released.[1]
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- ^ a b c Ford, David Nash (2009). Berkshire in the Reign of Henry VIII. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing.
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- Mayors of places in Berkshire
- People from Windsor, Berkshire
- English Anglicans
- 16th-century Protestants
- 16th-century English people
- English mayor stubs