ALABASTER, WILLIAM, son of Roger Alabaster, Hadleigh, Suffolk, and Bridget, dau. of Adam Winthrop, Groton, Suffolk; nephew of Right Rev. John Still DD, Bishop of Bath and Wells; bapt. 28 Feb 1567/8; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1583, adm. scholar 1584, matr. Easter 1584; BA 1587/8; MA 1591 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1592) : DD 1614; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1589 - c. 1597; ordained; Rector of Landulph, Cornwall 1596; chaplain to Earl of Essex on expedition to Cadiz Jun 1596; Roman Catholic convert; imprisoned in Tower of London for recusancy 1597-8; went abroad, and while at Rome thrown into prison of the Inquisition; rejoined Church of England on his return to England; Rector of Therfield, Herts. 1614, and of Little Shelford, Cambs. 1622; author of English sonnets and Latin verses; his Latin tragedy Roxana, 1632, was acted in the hall of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; m. 22 Aug 1618 Catherine, widow of Thomas Fludd, Milgate, Kent, (and mother of Thomas Fludd (qv)), and dau. of Levin Buffkin, Gore Court, Otham, Kent; d. Apr 1640. DNB.