William Kexby

{{short description|Master of University College, Oxford}}

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William Kexby MA (aka William de Kexby; fl. 1376–1379) was a late 14th-century Master of University College, Oxford, England.{{cite book| last=Darwall-Smith | first=Robin | author-link=Robin Darwall-Smith | title=A History of University College, Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2008 | pages= 37, 48, 529 | isbn=978-0-19-928429-0 }}{{cite book| last=Carr | first=William | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8PDPgAACAAJ|title= University College | year=1902 | chapter=Chapter III, The Fourteenth Century: The Early Home of the College, First Benefactors, The Great Lawsuit | volume=18 | series=University of Oxford: College Histories }} ([https://archive.org/stream/universitycolleg00carrrich/universitycolleg00carrrich_djvu.txt OCR]){{cite web| title=National Archives; CP 40/466; Court of Common Pleas; 1377; second entry | url=http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/E3/CP40no466/bCP40no466dorses/IMG_0675.htm | publisher=O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston | accessdate=3 November 2024 }}

Kexby was a Fellow of University College and he subsequently became Master of the College. In 1379, he was Archdeacon of Cleveland.{{cite book| last=Ackermann | first=Rudolph | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA42 | title=A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings | volume=1 | year=1814 | page=42 }}