The Venerable William Pearson LL.D (10 August 1662 – 6 February 1715) was Archdeacon of Nottingham from 1690 to 1715.
The son of Rev John Pearson, Rector of Great Orton in Cumberland, He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford graduating MA in 1688.Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Peach-Peyton In 1689 he was appointed to the Prebend of Ampleford in York Minster,National Archives and the following year to the Prebend of Sariston in Southwell Minster. He also held the livings at Barton, Bolton PercyUniversity of Leeds Library and Wheldrake.Genuki He was also Subdean of York; and Chancellor of the diocese.York Minster Library
In 1706 he wrote a pamphlet to the Bishop of Carlisle, concerning a curate who had been appointed churchwarden of his parish.The Case of the Curate of Penrith's Taking Upon Him the Office of Churchwarden Considered. 1706. In a letter from the Archdeacon of Nottingham to the Bishop of Carlisle. Printed for A and F Churchill in Pater Noster Row, London. MDCCVII
A collection of thirteen of his sermons was published in 1718.
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