The Venerable William Higgins was an Anglican priest in England.[1]

Higdgins was born in London and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He held livings at Henstridge, Almondbury, Cheselbourne and Stoke on Tern. He was Canon of Lichfield Cathedral in 1633, and Precentor in 1636. Higgins was Archdeacon of Derby from 1641 until his death in 1666.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church, Volume 2" Church of England Record Society p248:Woodbridge; Boydell; 1998 ISBN 0-85115-518-9
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Hieron-Horridge
  3. ^ Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 10, pp. 10–12


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