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HEYRICK, ROGER, son of Sir William Heyrick, Kt, MP, Beaumanor Park, Leics., Alderman of London, goldsmith, and Joan, dau. of Richard May, Mayfield Place, Sussex; cousin of Robert Herrick, poet; bapt. 14 May 1608; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1614/5-7; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1624, matr. 16 Nov 1624, Westminster Student to 1627; BA 1627; Fellow, All Souls Coll., Oxford 1628; a letter written by him when at Oxford to his father refers to Lambert Osbaldeston as “a man who loves to hear of the progresse of them whom he educated” (Nichols, History of Leicestershire, iii. 166).

HEYWOOD, JAMES, son of Thomas Heywood, Westminster, Page of the Bedchamber to James, Duke of York, and Frances, dau. of Rev. Thomas Soame DD, Canon of Windsor; bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 17 Dec 1663; adm.; KS 1679; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1683, matr. 17 Dec 1683, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1683 – void 1692; BA 1687; MA 1690 (incorp. Cambridge 1697); ordained; Vicar of Godmanchester, Hunts., from 1691; m. ---., dau. of Dr. --- Walters, Oxfordshire; d. 16 Aug 1729.

HICKES, HENRY; b.; adm.; QS; a pensioner in 1565 (tutor, Mr. Yonge); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1566, adm. scholar 1567, matr. Easter 1567; BA 1570/1.

HICKES, JOHN, of London; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1582, matr. 25 Jan 1582/3, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1595; BA 1586; MA 1589; BD 1596 (incorp. Oxford 1608); ordained; Vicar of Carlton, Yorks., and of Kildwick, Yorks., 4 Jun 1594; Rector of Whitburn, co. Durham from 1599; Prebendary of York from 18 Nov 1615; m. 20 Feb 1603/4 Alice Blaikston; buried Whitburn 31 Dec 1630.

HICKES, WILLIAM, second son of Rev. William Hickes, Prebendary of Chichester and of Salisbury, Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire (see Antiquaries Journal 80, 2000, p. 304); b. 1621; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1637, adm. pens. 15 May 1637, scholar 1638; BA 1641/2; MA 1645; ordained; Head Master, Oundle Sch. 1646-9, when “drove out by the Presbyterians … for keeping his schollars to the prayers of the Church”; subsequently Head Master, Gresham’s Sch., Holt, Norfolk, to c. 1659; d. 1677. [note will Rev. William Hickes, Rector of Downham, Cambs., will proved PCC 10 Feb 1677]

HICKMAN, CHARLES, third son of William Hickman, Barnack, Northants, and Abigail, youngest dau. of William Pargiter, Greatworth, Northants; b.; adm. May 1663; a boarder; KS 1665; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 13 Jul 1667, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Sep 1668 – void 1689, Tutor 1675-80, Catechist 1684; BA 1671; MA 1674; BD 1684; DD 6 Feb 1684/5; ordained; Chaplain to James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador at Constantinople 1680; Rector of Norton juxta Twycross, Leics., Jan – Apr 1688; Rector of Farnham Royal, Bucks., 1688-1703; Rector of Taplow, Bucks., 1689/90-1703; Chaplain to William III and Mary (by Oct 1690), and to Queen Anne; Lecturer, St. James’s, Westminster 1692; Chaplain to Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, Lord Lieut. Ireland 1701; Bishop of Derry from 11 Jun 1703; lived chiefly in England; m. 15 Apr 1703 Anne, younger dau. of Sir Roger Burgoyne, Bart.; d. 28 Nov 1713. Buried South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

HICKMAN, FRANCIS, fourth son of Sir William Hickman, Bart., MP, Gainsborough, Lincs., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Nevile, Mattersey, Notts.; bapt. Gainsborough, Lincs. 5 Aug 1663 (IGI); adm.; KS 1676; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1681, matr. 18 Dec 1681, aged 18, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1681 – void 1705; BA 1685; MA 1688; a non-juror, but did not lose his Studentship at Christ Church; contributor to Musae Anglicanae and assisted Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) in the Latin translation of Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel, 1682. DNB.

HICKS (or HICKES), THOMAS, son of Rev. William Hicks, Bodmin, Cornwall; b.; adm.; KS 1695; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1699, matr. 21 Jun 1699, aged 18, Westminster Student 4 Apr 1700 – void 1711; BA 1703; MA 1706; ordained priest (Winchester) 4 Dec 1707; d. of fever 1711, when chaplain on an expedition to Canada.

HICKS, JOHN WILKINSON, eldest son of John Hicks, Bradenham Manor, Bucks, and Susanna Jemima, dau. of Isaac Webb Horlock (IGI), Box, Wilts.; bapt. 8 Dec 1788; adm.; in school list 1801; KS 1802; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1806, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1806; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Jan 1809; d. 21 Jan 1810.

HICKSON, ROBERT, son of John Hickson DCL, Grove Dingle, co. Kerry, and Barbara, eldest dau. of John Mahony, Dromore Castle, co. Kerry; b. 13 Dec 1814; adm. 12 Feb 1827 (Singleton's); KS 1829; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1833, matr. 23 May 1833, Westminster Student; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Jun 1836, King’s Inns, Dublin 1840; of Ballintaggart, co. Kerry; JP; m. 3 Jun 1843 Julia Sophia, second dau. of William Sadleir Bruere, Berwick; d. 18 Aug 1851.