Hone
WILLIAM, an English antiquary; born in 1780. He began life in a law office and became imbued with freethinking opinions. In 1817 he was prosecuted by the English Government for the publication of alleged irreverent parodies and lampoons, when he defended himself and was acquitted. He gradually abandoned freethought for religious and antiquarian studies. His chief publications are the "Every-day Book" (1826); "Table-talk" (1827- 1828); and "Year Book" (1829). He died in 1842.