WILLIAM (1600-1669).-Controversial writer, _b._ near Bath, _ed._ at Oxf., studied law at Lincoln's Inn, of which he became a bencher, but soon became immersed in the writing of controversial pamphlets. After the _Unloveliness of Lovelocks_ and _Health's Sicknesse_ (1627-30) appeared his best known controversial work, _Histrio-Mastix_,