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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, MICHAEL, brother of Sir Robert Hickes, Bart. (qv); bapt. 29 Sep 1719; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1735; left 1737; inherited from his father in 1755 the family estates at Beverstone, Gloucs., and Chigwell, Essex; d. unm. 23 Mar 1764.

HICKES, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest son of Sir Henry Hickes, Bart., and his second wife Barbara, dau. of Joseph Johnson, Waltham, Essex; half-brother of Henry Hickes (qv); bapt. 4 Feb 1711/2; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1718/9; in school list 1727/8; disinherited by father; succeeded father as 4th baronet 28 Oct 1755; blind for some years before death; d. 31 Mar 1768.

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]

HICKEY, HENRY WEMS, brother of Joseph Hickey (qv); bapt. St. James, Piccadilly 31 May 1746 (IGI); at Harrow Sch. c. 1755-6; adm. Jan 1757 (A. Spencer, ed., Memoirs of William Hickey, i, 13); left 1761; for about five years in a merchant’s office, Dublin; became a Clerk, Victualling Office; Cadet, EICS Madras 1773; arrived in India 1775; Lieut., EICS Madras; buried unm. Fort St. George, Madras 30 Sep 1775.

HICKEY, JOSEPH, eldest son of Joseph Hickey, St. Alban’s Street, Pall Mall, London, attorney, and Sarah, dau. of William Boulton, Yorkshire; b. Apr 1745; at Harrow Sch. c. 1755-6; adm. Jan 1757 (Memoirs of William Hickey, i, 13); left 1761; articled to father 1761; adm. attorney; partner in father’s firm 1765; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1799 to death); no longer in Law List 1822 as attorney; m.; d. 3 Apr 1827.

HICKEY, WILLIAM, brother of Joseph Hickey (qv); b. 30 Jun 1749; adm. Jan 1757 (Memoirs of William Hickey, i, 13); left Dec 1763; played cricket for OWW against Old Etonians on Moulsey Heath Aug 1768, “being regarded as a famous stop behind the wickets” (Memoirs, i, 99, 100, 105-6); spent two years in father’s office; Cadet, EICS Madras 1768; arrived in India May 1768; Ensign, EICS Madras; did not take up military duties and left Madras Jul 1768; visited Canton before returning to England in Apr 1770; re-entered father’s office; adm. attorney Jul 1775; returned to Calcutta, where entered on roll of attorneys 13 Nov 1777 and practised with some success until his retirement in 1808; returned to England; his Memoirs were edited by Alfred Spencer in four volumes, 1913-25; probably the William Hickey buried Old St. Pancras churchyard, London 31 May 1830. DNB Missing Persons.

HICKMAN, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1568 (tutor, the Sub-Dean).

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.