William de Hawkesworth

{{Short description|English college head and university chancellor}}

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William de Hawkesworth (died 8 April 1349) was an English medieval college head and university chancellor.{{cite book| title=The Encyclopaedia of Oxford|publisher=Macmillan|chapter=Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University|year=1988|pages=521–522|isbn=0-333-39917-X|editor-last=Hibbert|editor-first=Christopher|editor-link=Christopher Hibbert}}

On 20 December 1348, William de Hawkesworth was confirmed as Provost of Oriel College, Oxford.{{cite book|title=A History of the County of Oxford| volume=3: The University of Oxford |editor1= Salter, H. E. |editor2=Lobel, Mary D. | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63876 | chapter=Oriel College and St Mary Hall | publisher=Victoria County History | year=1954 | pages=119–131 }} In the same year he became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford In 1349, he was briefly Chancellor of the University.{{cite book| title=The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford | via=Internet Archive |first=Anthony |last=Wood | url=https://archive.org/details/appendixtohistor00wood |chapter=Fasti Oxonienses |year=1790 |page=[https://archive.org/details/appendixtohistor00wood/page/24 24] }} He died on 8 April 1349 and there is a brass to him in the chancel of St Mary's Church, Oxford, describing him as "prepositus huius ecclesie" ("provost of the church").

John Wyllyot was elected Chancellor against the University statutes on 20 April 1349 and instead became Chancellor of Exeter.