WIGAN, WILLIAM, son of Humphrey Wigan, Gray’s Inn Lane, London, alehouse keeper, and Barbara --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 27 Aug 1640 (IGI); adm. ; in school lists 1656, last three quarters; KS 1656, Christmas quarter; gave evidence before the Governors in the Busby and Bagshaw dispute 1657; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 21 Jul 1658, aged 18, Westminster Student (still 1669); BA 22 Mar 1661/2; MA 1664 (incorp. Cambridge 1681); ordained; Chaplain to Humphrey Henchman (qv), Bishop of London; Rector of Wennington, Essex 1671-4; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 12 Mar 1671/2; Vicar of Kensington, Middlesex, from 31 Aug 1672; Rector of Orsett, Essex, from 1675; Chaplain in Ordinary to William III and Mary by 1691 (Miege 1691)); m. 16 Feb 1687 Mary Sondes, Orsett, Essex; d. 22 Apr 1700.

WIGFALL, THOMAS, youngest son of Daniel Wigfall, Woodfall, Essex, and Renishaw, Derbs., and Dorothy Elmsall, Doncaster, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1705, matr. 21 Jun 1705, aged 20, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1705 – void 1707 (evidently at death, will proved PCC 8 May 1707).

WILCOCKS, JOSEPH, only surviving son of Right Rev. Joseph Wilcocks DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, and Jane, dau. of John Milner, British Consul at Lisbon; b. 4 Jan 1723/4; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1740, matr. 10 Jun 1740, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1740 – void 26 Jun 1753; BA 1744; MA 1747; lived at Barton, Northants, and afterwards at Lady Place, near Hurley, Berks.; travelled abroad; in Italy and France in 1761-2, his piety and benevolence when at Rome winning him the admiration of Pope Clement XIII, who called him “the blessed heretic”; FSA 17 Feb 1763; prepared four books of Sacred Exercises for the use of the School, published 1759; his Roman Conversations, “compiled for the use of places of education, particularly Westminster School”, written in 1763, were published in 1792-4, 2 vols.; d. unm. 23 Dec 1791. Buried under Consistory Court, Westminster Abbey. DNB (s. v. father).

WILCOX, GILES, son of Jonathan Wilcox, Westminster, and Emma --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 1653 (IGI); adm.; KS 1670; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1673, aged 18; BA 1677; ordained; Rector of Alburgh, Norfolk 16 Oct 1680-2; Rector of Bixley, Norfolk 26 Oct 1682-90, when deprived as a non-juror; committed to Newgate Prison 26 Feb 1691/2; still in custody May 1692; released and re-arrested 16 Apr 1696.

WILKINS, WILLIAM, son of William Wilkins, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1734; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; d. 1740. [Perhaps bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 16 Dec 1722, son of William Wilkins, and Eleanor --- (IGI)]

Wilkinson, Edward Martin Henry, brother of David Langley Wilkinson (qv); b. 12 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS May 1935; left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939, BA 1942; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut.); Dip. Ed. (Lond.) 1947; asst master King's Sch. Gloucester 1947-9, Rich­mond GS, Yorks, 1949; sen. classics master Richmond Comp. Sch. 1971; d. 17 Oct. 1995.

WILKINSON, WILLIAM JOHN, third son of Thomas Wilkinson, Elvet, Durham, and Jane, dau. of Richard Williamson, Kirk Ella, Yorks.; bapt. 26 Nov 1770; adm. 6 Oct 1784; KS (aged 15) 1787; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1789; BA 1793; MA 1800; ordained deacon 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York), priest 1794 (London, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Kirk Ella, Yorks., 1 Mar 1804; Rector of Little Calden, Yorks., 28 Apr 1813; Vicar of Elloughton, Yorks., 1798-1842; d. 2 Sep 1856.

WILLAUME, CHARLES DYMOKE, brother of Edward Willaume (qv); bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 8 Mar 1738 [or 1738/9]; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1748 (Gibson's); KS 1752; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1757, scholar 11 May 1759, readm. as fellow commoner 20 Apr 1762, matr. 1758; BA 1761; of Tingrith, Beds.; m. 1st, 8 Jan 1772 Mary Hamilton, Tingrith, Beds.; m. 2nd, ---; buried Tingrith, Beds., 3 Feb 1807.

WILLAUME, EDWARD, eldest son of David Willaume, Tingrith, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Dymoke, Ampthill, Beds.; bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 7 Oct 1736; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1745/6 (Gibson's); KS 1750; Capt. of the School 1754; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1755, adm. pens. 28 May 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; BA 1759; MA 1770; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jul 1753; ordained priest (Winchester) Dec 1760; Rector of Cranley, Surrey 23 Dec 1760-4; Rector of Great Holland, Essex 1770; Rector of Bow Brickhill, Bucks., 1 Jun 1782 – Mar 1783; Rector of Tingrith, Beds., from May 1782; Prebendary of Lincoln from 11 May 1782; m. 11 Mar 1776 Essex, dau. of Charles Blackwell, The Strand, London; d. 13 Oct 1787.