William Doune was a 14th-century English priest.
Doune was ordained in 1342. He was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1354 until his death in 1361. He was a noted Pluralist. In 1860 his will was discovered, and it shows a man efficient in collecting his dues but whose conscience sometimes troubled him.
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- University of Leicester
- Le NeveRoger de Saxenhurst, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Leicester . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 59–63 – via Wikisource.
- During this period there was a counter-claimant, Arnald de Gavarreto
- "The Medieval Canon Law: Teaching, Literature and Transmission" Owen, D.M. p68: Cambridge; CUP; 1990 ISBN 0-521-39313-2
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