William Lewin or Lewyn (died 15 April 1598) of London and Otterden, Kent, was a college fellow, tutor, ecclesiastical lawyer, and judge.
[1] Lewin's cousin Elizabeth had formerly been the Queen's nurse, and his cousin Thomas Lewin had also been in the Queen's service; however according to Houlbrooke, Lewin's advancement at Cambridge was 'most directly assisted' by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the university's Chancellor, to whose elder daughter, Anne Cecil, he is thought to have been tutor.
[2][1] In 1576 Lewin was appointed a Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, a position he held until his death.
[4] Lewin married Anne Goldsmith, the daughter of Francis Goldsmith of Crayford, Kent,[5] a lady celebrated for her beauty and virtues in Gabriel Harvey's dedication of Ciceronianus to her husband, by whom he had at least ten children, including three sons, Thomas, Justinian (1586 – 28 June 1620), and John, and three daughters: Anne (d.1645), who married Sir Lawrence Washington (1579–1643)[6] of Garsdon, Wiltshire, Registrar of the Court of Chancery, by whom she was the mother of Lawrence Washington (1622–62);[7] Catherine, who married James Paget of Northamptonshire; and Judith (1590–1625), who married Sir John Isham of Lamport Hall, near Northampton.
[2][8] Lewin's heir was his second son, Justinian (1586 – 28 June 1620), who was a lawyer and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to James I, and married, on 14 May 1607, Elizabeth Capel, the daughter of Arthur Capel of Little Hadham, Hertfordshire.