WINGFIELD, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1578, adm. scholar 1579, adm. Mich. 1578.
WINGFIELD, JOHN, brother of William Wingfield (qv); b.; adm. 5 Feb 1770; KS (aged 13) 1773; Capt. of the School 1777; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1778, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1778, scholar 23 Apr 1779, matr. 1780; BA 1782; MA 1785; BD 1794; DD 1799; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1783, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1785; an Usher at the School 1781-8, Under Master 1788-1802, Head Master 13 Sep – Dec 1802; ordained; Prebendary of Worcester from 27 Jan 1803; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey Jan – Dec 1804; Vicar of Kempsey, Worcs., 27 Nov 1804-15; Rector of Easton, Hampshire 29 Nov 1804; Prebendary of York from 27 Sep 1812; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 14 Sep 1815; Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 27 Oct 1815; m. 8 Sep 1803 Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas James DD, Head Master, Rugby Sch.; d. 9 Dec 1825.
WINDSOR, HON. DIXIE, second son of Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth PC, and his second wife Ursula, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas Widdrington, Kt, Sherburn Grange, Northumberland; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691; 7th in “ordo” 1694/5; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1697, Major Fellow 6 May 1698 – c. 1706; MP Cambridge University 1705-27; Storekeeper of the Ordnance Office 28 Jun 1712 – Mar 1717; Busby Trustee 8 Mar 1711/2; m. Dorothy, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 20 Oct 1743.
WIMSEHURST (or WINCHURST), JOHN; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1564 (tutor, Mr. Randall); QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1571, Westminster Student 14 Mar 1571/2-86; BA 1574; MA 1578; buried St. Stephen’s, Walbrook, London 17 Mar 1588/9. [godson of John Hudson, citizen and grocer, London, and mentioned in will of Rev. Alexander Wimsehurst, Rector of Tillington, Sussex, and Prebendary of Salisbury; also a legatee of John Jewell, Bishop of Salisbury]
WILTON, PAUL HENZELL, son of (William) Joseph Wilton (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne 26 Jul 1792 (IGI); adm. Mich. 1806; KS (aged 14) 1807; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1811, adm. pens. 25 May 1811; BA 1818; ordained deacon 1817, priest 1818 (London); Rector of Holmpton, Yorks.; Vicar of Welwick, Yorks., 20 Jan 1832-45; Vicar of Owthorne, Yorks., from 1845; m. 17 Dec 1822 (IGI) Jane, dau. of George King, Bristol; d. 28 Jan 1887.
WILSON, TIMOTHY, son of Robert Wilson, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1658; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1662, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1662, scholar 1663, matr. 1662.
WILSON, THOMAS, younger son of Rev. William Wilson DD, Canon of Windsor and Prebendary of Rochester, and Prebendary and Chancellor of St. Paul’s; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1607, matr. 10 Jun 1608, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1617; BA 1611; MA 1614 (incorp. Cambridge 1615); BD 8 Mar 1621/2; DD Cambridge c. 1625 (incorp. Oxford 12 Aug 1645); ordained; Rector of Paglesham, Essex 1625; Rector of Wimbish, Essex 1625; Rector of Debden, Essex 22 Dec 1629; Rector of Fulbourn St. Vigers, Cambs.; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 24 Dec 1623, of Westminster 10 Jan 1625/6 and of Lincoln from 30 Dec 1631; dispossessed of his preferments during the Civil War; living Sep 1652; m. Ann, widow of Rev. John Hills DD, Rector of Fulbourne St. Vigers, Cambs., Master of St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, and dau. of Clement Heigham, Wickhambrook, Suffolk; dead by May 1653.
WILSON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Wilson, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Mary ---; b. 12 Mar 1751; in school lists 1764; KS 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1770, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1770, aged 19, scholar 26 Apr 1771, matr. 1771; BA 1774; MA 1777; ordained priest 11 Jun 1775 (Peterborough, lit. dim. from Winchester); Curate, Abinger, Surrey 1775; Head Master, Kingston upon Thames GS 1797-1832; d. 16 May 1842.
WILSON, SAMUEL, son of Very Rev. Thomas Wilson DD, Dean of Worcester, and Dorothy, dau. of Robert Banister; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1580, adm. scholar 1581; BA 1584/5.
WILSON, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Wilson, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; b.; adm.; BB 1666; KS 1668; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1670, matr. 1 Jul 1670, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1670 – void 1678; BA 1674; MA 1677; ordained; Vicar of Oswestry, Shropshire 1690-2; according to the autobiography of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv), Wilson owed his election to Oxford to “the recommendation of the Earl of Montgomery his godfather”.