SIBBALD, JAMES, of London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1646, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1646, scholar 1647, matr. 1646; BA 1649/50; ordained; Rector of Clothall, Herts., from 1665; m. 1st, ---; lic. to m. 2nd, 9 Jun 1669 Mary, sixth dau. of Rev. William Staveley, Rector of Cossington, Leics.; buried Clothall, Herts. 1708 (will proved PCC 12 Jul 1708).

WILLETT, FREDERIC, son of William Catt (afterwards Willett), Portland Place, Brighton, Sussex, and Elizabeth, fourth dau. of William Verrall, Southover, Lewes, Sussex; b. 16 Jun 1838; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (as Frederic Catt) (G); QS 1853; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1857, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1857; BA 1861; MA 1864; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1861, priest (Lichfield) 1862; Curate, St. Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffs., 1861-5; Vicar of West Bromwich, Staffs., 1865-81; Curate in charge, Scaynes Hill, Lindfield, Sussex 1881-4; assumed surname of Willett in lieu of Catt 27 Jun 1863; author, Osney Foss, 1908; m. 6 Apr 1869 Mary, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Nock Bagnall, Lichfield, Staffs.; d. 5 Jun 1939.

WILLIAMS, DUDLEY; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 10 May 1635, scholar 1635, but did not matr. [Presumably Dudley Williams, son of Anthony Williams, bapt. Gilstone, Herts., 11 Mar 1616 (IGI)]

WILLIAMS, EDWARD FRASER VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 17 May 1833; adm. 22 Oct 1846; QS 1848; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1852, adm. pens. 21 May 1852, scholar 1853; BA 1856; MA 1860; ordained deacon (Bath and Wells) 1862, priest (Bishop Anderson for Bath & Wells) 1866; Curate, Batheaston, Somerset 1862-8; Rector of North Tidworth, Wilts., 1869-1911; m. 6 Oct 1868 Emily Eugenia, dau. of Thomas Gibson Inman, Bath, Somerset, barrister; d. 25 Jun 1914.

Williams, Sir Griffith Goodland, son of Alfred Augustus Williams, of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, by Elizabeth Florence, daughter of Mark Ovenden; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1911; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. (T.F.) April 9, 1915; served in India and Mesopotamia and was demob. as Capt.; asst. principal Board of Educa­tion 1919-25, principal 1925; under secretary, Ministry of Education, Jan. 1, 1946; deputy secretary, May 30, 1946-53; secretary of the Churches Main Committee 1954; C.B. 1945; K.B.E. 1949; d. 1974.

WILLIAMS, JAMES, son of Sir Thomas Williams, Bart., Chymical Physician to Charles II, and his second wife Grace Carwardine, dau. of Thomas Lewis, The Moor, Hereford; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1688, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1689, matr. 1688; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; DD 1709; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1694, Major Fellow 8 Mar 1695 – c. 1712; ordained deacon 20 Mar 1697/8, priest 25 Sep 1698 (both Lincoln); Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 12 Dec 1707; Rector of St. Magnus, London Bridge, from 29 Jan 1710/1; Vicar of Chigwell, Essex, from 16 Oct 1721; d. Jul 1727.

WILLIAMS, REGINALD HENRY, second son of Rev. Daniel Rowland Williams, Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex, and Mary Elizabeth, third dau. of J. Tarratt, Moreby Hall, Staffordshire; b. 28 May 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (D), exhibitioner; QS 1879; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1883, matr. 22 Oct 1883; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1885, 1st cl. Natural Science (Morphology) 1887; BA 1887; MA 1894; ordained deacon 1889 (Chester), priest [check]; Curate, Odd Rode, Cheshire 1889-93; held other curacies; Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex 1915-23; Rector of Ashingdon, Essex, from 1923; d. 27 Jan 1937.

WILLIAMS, SEYMOUR YEATS, second son of Philip Penry Williams (qv); b. 31 Mar 1844; adm. 22 Jan 1858 (James'); QS 1859; left 1 May 1863; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1863; BA 1867; MA 1873; ordained deacon 1869, priest 1870 (both Hereford); Curate, Caynham, Shropshire 1869-73, Greet, Shropshire 1873-4; d. unm. 1 Feb 1919.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, ARTHUR WATKIN, eldest son of Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (adm. 1832, qv); b. 2 Jun 1856; adm. 12 Jun 1868 (G); QS 1870; left (with Triplett) 1874; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1874; BA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 16 Nov 1878, called to bar 26 Jan 1882; Assistant Private Secretary to Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for India; DL Montgomeryshire, JP Montgomeryshire 1897, High Sheriff 1901; Busby Trustee 17 May 1892 – May 1929; m. 23 Jul 1892 Alice Mary, eldest dau. of Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam MP, Milton, Peterborough, Northants; d. 27 Jan 1946.

WILLIS, CALEB, of Devon; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1585, matr. 22 Apr 1586, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1598; BA 1589; MA 1592; first Professor of Rhetoric, Gresham Coll., London 1598; d. 1598/9.