HEWITT, WILLIAM, son of William Hewitt, London; b.; in school list 1752; KS (aged 14) 1758. [Presumably William Hewitt, son of William Hewitt and Jane ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 15 Dec 1743 (IGI); his parents were doubtless William Hewitt, Cavendish Square, London, surgeon, and Jane, sister of Wright Morrice (qv)] [possibly William Hewett Hewitt, Surgeon and Ensign, 28th Foot, will proved PCC 22 Dec 1766, will made at Charleston, South Carolina]

HEWET, GILBERT; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1676; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; ordained deacon 4 Mar 1682, priest 23 Sep 1683 (both Winchester); Curate of West Molesey, Surrey 1682; Rector of Swarraton, Hampshire, and Perpetual Curate of Northington, Hampshire, by 1686 – still 1708 (no longer 1717).

HEWET, BENJAMIN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1626, adm. scholar 1627; BA 1630/1.

HEWES, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1568-70 (Chapter Muniments 54017-8, 54021).

HETON, MARTIN, son of George Heton, Heton Hall, Dean, Lancashire, and Joanna, dau. of Sir Martin Bowes, Kt, Master Worker of the Mint, Lord Mayor of London, goldsmith; b. 1552; adm.; QS in 1567; a copy of congratulatory verses to Queen Elizabeth, written by him in 1569, is printed in The Trifler 7 May 1817 (but assigning him the incorrect Christian name Matthew); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1571, Westminster Student; BA 1574; MA 1578 (incorp. Cambridge 1581); BD 1583; DD 1585; ordained; Canon of Christ Church Dec 1582 – res by 19 Dec 1589; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1585; Dean of Winchester 20 Mar 1588/9 – Feb 1600; incumbent, Houghton, Hampshire 23 Sep 1590; consecrated Bishop of Ely 3 Feb 1598/9, having accepted the post on condition of alienating to the Crown the richest manors of the see; his able and learned sermons won the praise of James I, who declared that while “fat men were wont to make lean sermons, his were not lean, but larded with much good learning”; m.; d. 14 Jul 1609. DNB.

HETHERLEY, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS 23 Jul 1553 (Acts of Chapter).

HERYNG, ANDREW; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540-3 (Chapter Muniments).

HERSENT (or HARSNETT), PETER; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1616, adm. scholar 2 May 1617; BA 1620/1; MA 1624 (incorp. Oxford 5 Jun 1628); while an undergraduate a somewhat turbulent person, judging from an apology signed by him among the Trinity Coll. admonitions 22 Feb 1621; Librarian, Trinity Coll. 24 Sep 1625-31.

HERRINGMAN, --- ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1640 (Chapter Muniments 32460).

HERRING, THOMAS, son of Very Rev. William Herring DD, Dean of St. Asaph, and Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey Cotton, Organist, Norwich Cathedral; nephew of Most Rev. Thomas Herring DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1764; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1770, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1770, scholar 24 Apr 1771, matr. 1770; BA 1774; MA 1777; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1775, Major Fellow 22 Jul 1777; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1775, priest 16 Jun 1776 (both Peterborough); Vicar of North Elmham, Norfolk, from 1778; Rector of Ringstead, Norfolk 1803; m.; d. 10 May 1828.