William Berton was an English medieval college Fellow and university Chancellor.

Life

Berton was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford and twice Chancellor of the University of Oxford during 1379–81 and 1382. He was a Doctor of Divinity. The controversy surrounding the theologian John Wycliffe concerning the sacrament was current at the time of Berton's Chancellorship and he gave some credence to Wycliffe's argument.

Academic offices
Preceded byRobert AyleshamChancellor of the University of Oxford 1379–1381Succeeded byRobert Rygge
Preceded byRobert RyggeChancellor of the University of Oxford 1382Succeeded byRobert Rygge