William Heale

, a zealous maintainer of the honour of the Female Sex, was a Devonian born, being originally descended from an ancient and gentile Family of his name, living at South-Heale in the same County, became a Sojourner of Exeter coll. in 1599. aged 18. took the degrees in Arts, and became Chaplain-Fellow of that house, wherein he wrote and compiled,

An apology for Woman: Or, an opposition to Mr. Doctor G. (Gager) his assertion,Clar. 1610. who held in the Act at Oxon. an. 1608. That it was lawful for Husbands to beat their Wives. Oxon. 1609. qu. What preferment he afterwards had in the Church, or whether he wrote any thing else, I find not. He was always esteemed an ingenious Man, but weak, as being too much devoted to the fem. Sex.