William Essex

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Sir William Essex (d. 1548) was the High Sheriff of Berkshire in England.

Sir William was the son of Thomas Essex of Lambourn in Berkshire and his wife, Elizabeth daughter of William Babthorpe of Elstone in Leicestershire. He married Elizabeth daughter and heiress of Thomas Rogers of Beckett Hall in Shrivenham, aslo in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). They had two children: Sir Thomas and Winifred. He served as High Sheriff in 1509, 1518, 1523 and 1540.