{{short description|British politician}} {{For|those of a similar name|Robert Bennett (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Bennett}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} '''Robert Benet''' was the Mayor of Windsor, England in 1536.
Benet was a zealous Protestant who fell foul of William Simonds, an equally zealous Catholic in Windsor, who had a powerful friend in Bishop Gardiner's agent, Dr John London.<ref name=BRH8>{{cite book |title=Berkshire in the Reign of Henry VIII |last=Ford |first=David Nash |year=2009 |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |location=Wokingham |url=http://www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk}}</ref> Benet was arrested in 1543, along with four others. He was condemned to death but, unlike the three Windsor Martyrs, escaped being burnt because he was unwell!<ref name=BRH8 /> He was later released.<ref name=BRH8 />
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==External links== *[http://www.berkshirehistory.com/articles/windsor_martyrs.html Royal Berkshire History: The Windsor Martyrs] *[http://www.windlesora.org.uk/mayors_of_windsor.php Mayors of Windsor]
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