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HICKES, HENRY, only son of Sir Henry Hickes, Bart., and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Holmes MP, Royal Navy; bapt. 21 Apr 1705; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1718/9; buried Low Leyton, Essex 7 Aug 1719.

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, 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).