William Jesson (1580–1651) was an English dyer and politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648.
[2] In 1640 Jesson purchased the Warwickshire manor of Nuthurst from Edward Trussell and it remained in the family until around 1754.
[4] His uncle and fellow MP Simon Norton was also a dyer and together they helped defeat the aims of a Coventry weaver who petitioned Parliament against cloth from Gloucestershire being brought into the city for dyeing.
Jesson was not elected immediately to the Long Parliament in November 1640 but was brought in after the death of Norton in 1641.
[5] In 1647 Jesson successfully brought in a vote in parliament to de-garrison Coventry which had been under army and committee domination in the Civil War.