Robert Benet

Robert Benet was the Mayor of Windsor, England in 1536.

Benet was a zealous Protestant who fell foul of William Simonds, 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] This article about a mayor in England is a stub.