CARTWRIGHT, William, a divine and poet of some eminence, was born at Northway, near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, in September 1611. He finished his education at Oxford, afterwards went into holy orders, and became a popular preacher in the university. In 1642 he obtained the place of successor in the church of Salisbury, and was afterwards chosen junior proctor, and metaphysical reader in the university. His wit, judgment, elocution, combined with a graceful person and behaviour, elicited from Dr Fell the remark, "that he was the utmost that man could come to." He was an expert linguist, a good orator, and a respectable poet. His poems and plays were published in 1651. He died in 1643 of the fever called camp disease, which then prevailed.