William Featherstone or Fetherstone (died 1557) was an imposter who claimed to be Edward VI of England.
Chronicle accounts of the reign of Mary I of England and the diary of Henry Machyn mention an imposter, William Featherstone, the 18-year-old son of a miller and a servant of Peter Meutas.
[2] Featherstone was arrested in Southwark and questioned at Hampton Court by the Privy Council.
He claimed to have been directed by other, but was disbelieved and sent to the Marshalsea prison as a "lunatic fool".
Featherstone was convicted of high treason, and hanged and quartered at Tyburn on 13 March 1557.