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Adm. sizar (age 16) at PEMBROKE, Mar. 31, 1800. S. and h. of Henry (1776), V. of Wadworth, Yorks. B. there Nov. 2, 1783. Schools, Worsborough Grammar and Houghton-le-Spring Grammar. Scholar, 1800; matric. Michs. 1801; B.A. 1805; M.A. 1809. Took Holy Orders, 1809. C. of Tickhill, Yorks., 1809. V. successively of Mapleton, Wistow and Cawood, Yorks. V. of Topcliffe, 1828-34. V. of Sutton-on-the-Forest, 1834-7. V. of Bishopsthorpe, 1824-54. Chaplain to the Archbishop of York. Prebendary of York, 1825-31. Canon Residentiary, 1831. Canon of Ripon, 1836. R. of Etton, 1837-54. F.S.A., 1821. Married (1) Mary Ann, dau. of James Fenton, Esq., of Loversale; (2) in 1832, Mary Anne, dau. of Admiral Robinson, of York. Author, Synodus Eboracensis, 1848. His mother was half-sister to the poet Mason, of Aston, and he inherited Mason's estates and some interesting MSS. by Mason and Gray now in the York Minster Library. Did much work in extending and arranging James Torres's MSS., Annals of the Members of York Cathedral. After his death the publication of his Fasti Eboracenses was made as a memorial to him; Canon James Raine made further ten years' research and the first volume appeared in 1863. Spent his considerable fortune most generously in his parishes and left memorials in each. Died Feb. 17, 1854, at Minster Yard, York. Halfbrother of John (1830). (F.M.G., I. 203; Crockford; Cant. Act Bk.; D.N.B.; Boase, I. 884.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807 | Ordi(ordination) | Dixon, William Henry | / | deacon | View |
| 1807 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Dixon, William Henry | / | deacon | View |
| 1807 | Disp-Ord | Dixon, William Henry | / | View | |
| 1808 | Ordi(ordination) | Dixon, William Henry | / | priest | View |
| 1808 | Disp-Ord | Dixon, William Henry | / | View | |
| 1815 | Appt(Collation) | Dixon, William Henry | Ripon / | Canon | View |
| 1819 | Vac(resignation) | Dixon, William Henry | Bradfield / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Licensing) | Dixon, William Henry | Bradfield / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Licensing) | Dixon, William Henry | Bradfield / | Curate | View |
| 1824 | Appt(Collation) | Dixon, William Henry | Bishopthorpe / | Vicar | View |
| 1825 | Subsc | Dixon, William Henry | York Minster / Prebend of Weighton | Prebendary | View |
| 1825 | Appt(Collation) | Dixon, Henry William | York Cathedral / Canonry and Prebend of Market Weighton | Canon | View |
| 1828 | Appt(Appointment) | Dixon, William Henry | / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1828 | Appt(Institution) | Dixon, William Henry | Topcliffe / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Appt(in post) | Dixon, William Henry | Bishop Edward Vernon Harcourt / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1834 | Disp(Dispensation) | Dixon, William Henry | Sutton in the Forest / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Vac(resignation) | Dixon, William Henry | Bishopthorpe / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Disp-App | Dixon, William Henry | (most Rev.) Edward, Archbishop of York. / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1834 | Disp-App | Dixon, William Henry | Topcliffe / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Appt(Resignation) | Dixon, William Henry | Bishopthorpe / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Appt(Resignation) | Dixon, William Henry | Topcliffe / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Appt(Collation) | Dixon, William Henry | Sutton in the Forest / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Vac(resignation) | Dixon, William henry | Topcliffe / | Vicar | View |