William Burton (antiquary, died 1657)

William Burton (1609–1657) was an English schoolmaster and antiquary, best known for his posthumously-published commentary on the Antonine Itinerary.

The son of William Burton, sometime of Atcham, in Shropshire, he was born in Austin Friars, London, and educated at St. Paul's School.

He became a student in Queen's College, Oxford, in 1625; but as he had not sufficient means, Thomas Allen, perceiving his merit, induced him to migrate to Gloucester Hall, and conferred on him a Greek lectureship there.

In 1630 he graduated B.C.L., but, poverty forcing him to leave the university, he became the assistant or usher of Thomas Farnaby, the schoolmaster.

White Kennett called him "the best topographer since Camden, while Anthony Wood relates James Ussher's high opinion of him.