William Dudley (died 1483) was Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Durham.

[1] He was made a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor and Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1471 and elevated to Dean of Windsor in 1473, a position which he held with that of Dean of Wolverhampton: thereafter the two posts were customarily held by the same man.

Dudley was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476 and was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476.

[2] In the last months of his life he was Chancellor of Oxford University.

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