LLOYD (William), a most learned English writer and bishop, was born in Berkshire in England, in 1627. He was educated under his father, rector of Sonning, and vicar of Tyle-hurst in Berkshire; then went to Oxford, and took orders. In 1660, he was made prebendary of Rippon; and in 1666, chaplain to the king. In 1667, he took the degree of doctor of divinity; in 1672, he was installed dean of Bangor; and in 1680, was consecrated bishop of St Asaph. He was one of the six bishops who, with archbishop Sancroft, were committed prisoners to the tower of London, for subscribing a petition to the king against distributing and publishing his declaration for liberty of conscience. Soon after the revolution he was made almoner to king William and queen Mary: in 1692, he was translated to the bishopric of Litchfield and Coventry; and in 1699, to the see of Worcester, where he sat till his death, which happened in 1717, the 91st year of his age. Dr Burnet gives him an exalted character, and his works are highly esteemed.