William Senhouse (died 1505), also called William Sever, was an English priest, successively

Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York. The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The see is in the city of Car ...

, 1495–1502, and Bishop of Durham, 1502–1505. Senhouse was educated at the University of Oxford and became a Benedictine monk at St Mary's Abbey, York, being elected abbot in 1485. He was selected as bishop of Carlisle on 4 September 1495, and consecrated in 1496.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 236 He was translated to Durham on 27 June 1502.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 242 Senhouse died in 1505.

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* Bishops of Durham Bishops of Carlisle English Benedictines Alumni of the University of Oxford 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 15th-century births Year of birth missing 1505 deaths 15th-century English people Abbots of St Mary's, York {{BishopofDurham-stub