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HIGGS, JOHN, brother of Francis Higgs (qv); bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 3 Jul 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jan 1736/7; KS 1743; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1747, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1747, scholar 6 May 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; BD 1768; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1753, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1754, a Senior Fellow 1781; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1755, priest 21 Sep 1755 (both Ely); Rector of Over, Cambs. 1772-7; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., 10 May 1777-80; Rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk, from 1780; JP Suffolk; a friend of Richard Cumberland (qv); d. 6 Oct 1816.

HIGGATE, JOHN, son of Rev. John Higgate, Confessor to Royal Household, and Martha, sister of Jeffrey Glasier (qv); b. 17 Jun 1737; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1747; KS 1751; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1756, matr. 16 Jun 1756, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1757 – void 14 Oct 1776, expiry year of grace as R. Slapton; BA 1760; MA 1763; ordained priest (Winchester) 17 Jun 1764; Rector of Slapton, Bucks., from 28 Oct 1775; m. 17 Jun 1778 Susannah Lee (IGI); d. 1788.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

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, 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.