Men of Kent and Kentishmen/William Fuller
William Fuller
IMPOSTOR,
This notorious impostor, the rival of Titus Oates, known popularly as "Cheat-master General," was born at Milton, in 1672. Though by no means a Kentish "Worthy," his name can hardly be omitted from a list of celebrities. He was bred a Roman Catholic, and was page to Lady Milfort. In 1670 he was sent with dispatches to England, from Mary of Modena. These, instead of delivering as directed, he took to King William III. He lived some time in luxury on the reward of his treachery. When the proceeds had been spent he tried to raise more funds by fabricating plots in the manner of Gates. These being detected, he was convicted and sentenced to fine and the pillory. He wrote a life of himself when in the Queen's Bench prison, published in 1782, and referred to by Macaulay. His death occurred about the year 1717.
[See his Life, by Abel Roper]