William, the Trohvere translated into Anglo- Norman verse accounts of miracles of the Virgin and legends of the saints. See Wright, Biog. Brit. Lit. (Anglo-Norman Period), p. 464.
■William of Waynflete. See Waynflete.
William of Wycumb, an English clergj-man of the 12th century, became prior of Lathony, and chap- lain of Robert de Betun, bishop of Hereford. After the death of that prelate (1149) he wrote a sketch of his life, which is published in Wharton's Anglia Sacra, ii, 293 sq. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Au- thors, s. v.
William of Wykeham. See Wykeham.
"Williams, Charles S., D.D., a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Cluirch, was born June 11, 1791, in the County of Kent, England (where his father, Rev. William Williams, was rector of a parish). He entered the army when young, and passed some time in India; on his return from India he joined the Dragoons, and served with them during a part of the Peninsula War. At Toulouse he was severely wounded, and was left all night among the dead and dying on the field. He graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and was or- dained in 1820. In 1823 he came to the United States, and became rector of St. John's Church, York, Pa. For about eight j-ears he was president of Baltimore College, having charge, at the same time, of the parish at liik Ridge. During the last twenty-two years of his life he resided in Philadelphia, devoting himself to the cause of education, and officiating almost constantly for his brethren of the clergy. He died there, June 12, I855. See Amer. Quur. Church Review, 1859, p. 534.
"Williams, Daniel, D.D., an eminent English Presbj-terian divine, was born at Wrexham, Denbigh- shire, in North Wales, about 1644. His early educa- tional advantages seem to have been rather limited, but he was athnitted a preacher among the Presbyterians in 1663. To avoid the penalties of the law against Dis- senters, he went to Ireland, where he became chaplain to the countess of Meath. Some time after, he was called to be pastor to a congregation of Dissenters as-
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sembliiii: in Wood Street, Dublin, where he continued for nearly twenty years. Dnrini^ the troublous times in the latter end of the reign of James II. he found it necessary to return to London in 1()87, where he con- tinued to reside. Here he was often consulted by Will- iam III in reference to Irish affairs, and did great ser- vice in behalf of many who tied from Ireland. He became pastor of a numerous congregation at Hand Alley, Bishopsgate Street, in 1G88, and in 1691 suc- ceeded Richard Baxter as preacher of the Merchants' Lecture at Pinner's Hall, Broad Street. On account of clashings in the lectures, he, with others of the incum- bents, withdrew, and established another lecture at Salter's Hall, on the same day and hour. This led to a sharp controversy between the two parties, and a great deal of bitter feeling. He died Jan. 26, 1716. The bulk of his estate he bequeathed to a great variety of chari- ties. The most important of these charities was the founding of the Ked Cross Street Library. He ordered a convenient building to be obtained for the reception of his own library, and the curious collection of Dr. Bates, which he purchased for that purpose. Accord- ingly, several years after his death, a commodious building was erected (1727) by subscription among the wealthy Dissenters in Ked Cross Street, Cripplegate, where the books were deposited, and by subsequent ad- ditions the collection has become a considerable one, containing more than 20,000 volumes. It is also a de- pository for ]iaintings of Nonconformist ministers, man- uscripts, and other matters of curiosity or utility. It is here that the Dissenting ministers meet for the transac- tion of all business relating to the general body. Regis- ters of births of the children of Dissenters are also kept here with accuracy, and have been allowed equal valid- ity in courts of law with parish registers. Dr. Williams was the author of, The Vanity of Childhood and Youth; in Several Sei-mons (1691): — Gospel Truth Stated and Vindicated (1692):— .4 Defeyice of Gospel Truth (1693): — 3Ian Made Righteous hy Chrisfs Obedience; Sermons ( 1694 ) : — Discourses on Several Impoi-tunt Subjects (1738-50): — and Tractatus Selecti, ex Anglicis Latine Versi, et Testamenti sui Jussu Editi (1760). See Chal- mers, Biog. Diet. s. v.
"Williams, Eliphalet, D.D., a Congregational minister, son of Solomon Williams, D.D., of Lebanon, Conn., was born Feb. 21, 1727. He graduated at Yale College in 1743; was ordained minister in East Hartford in March, 1748; and died June 29, 1803. See Sprague, Anuals of the Amcr. Pulpit, i, 323.
"Williams, Griffith, D.D., an English divine, was born at Carnarvon, in North Wales, about 1589. He entered Oxford University in 1603, but two years later entered Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated and entered into holy orders. He became curate of Han- well, Middlesex; rector of Foscot, Buckinghamshire; and lecturer of St. Peter's, Cheapside, London ; was suspend- ed by the bishop of London in 1615 ; received the living of Llanllechid, in the diocese of Bangor; became do- mestic chaplain to the earl of Montgomerj-, and tutor to his children; was promoted to be chaplain to the king, and prebendary of Westminster; was instituted dean of Bangor, !March 28, 1634; was consecrated bishop of Ossory, Ireland, in 1641, but was obliged to tiy to England on the breakiug-out of the Irish Rebellion, in less than a month after taking possession ; endured great hardships for many years on account of his attachment to the crown ; regained his bishopric at the Restoration, and died at Kilkenny, March 29, 1672. Among his pub- lished works are, The Delights of the Saints (1622): — Seven Golden Candlesticks (1627) -.—The True Church (1629) -.—The Right Way to the Best Religion (1636) :— VindicioB Regum (1643): — The Discovery of Mysteries (eod.) : — Discoui'se on the Only Way to Preserve Life (1644) : — Jura Majestatis (eod.) x^The Great Antichrist Revealed (1660): — Description and Practice of the Four Most Admirable Beasts (1663): — The Persecution of