William Fleetwood

FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM English divine, was born in the Tower of London on New Year's Day 1656. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. About the time of the Revolution he took orders, and became bishop of St. Asaph (1708), then of Ely (1714). He died at Tottenham on Aug. 4, 1723. Fleetwood's opposition to the doctrine of non-resist ance brought him into conflict with the Tory ministry of 1712 and with Swift, but he never entered into personal controversy.

His principal writings ar.

An Essay on Miracles 0700 ; Chroni cum preciosum (an account of the English coinage, 1707) ; and Free Sermons (1712) , containing discourses on the death of Queen Mary, the duke of Gloucester and King William. The preface to this last was condemned to public burning by parliament, but, as No. 384 of The Spectator, circulated more widely than ever. A collected edition of his works, with a biographical preface, was published in