William Bennet (after 1553 – February 1609), of Marlborough, Wiltshire, was an English politician.
[3] He died in February 1609 [2] and left lands to Christ's Hospital of Abingdon.
[1] He was the founder of the Bennet scholarship at Abingdon School which in his will, dated 29 Dec. 1608, made provision for the free education and apprenticeship of six poor boys of Abingdon, to be known as Bennet boys.
The regulations for the Bennet Boys were set up on 30 November 1609 by his uncle Thomas Tesdale and his brother Ralph Bennett.
[2][1] His brother John Bennet succeeded him as the MP for Ripon.