Foster: of Bristol city, pleb. St. John's Coll., matric. 15 Nov., 1616, aged 16 (subs. Heywood); B.A. 11 May, 1620, M.A. 16 April, 1624, B.D. 12 May, 1630, licenced to preach 22 June, 1646, created D.D. 31 Aug., 1636, domestic chaplain to Archbishop Laud, chaplain in ordinary to Charles I., rector of Laindon, Essex, 1631, canon of St. Paul's 1631, rector of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London, 1636, until sequestered 1647, canon of Westminster 1638, ejected and imprisoned, restored 1660; buried in Westminster Abbey 17 July, 1663; father of John, of Christ Church 1655. See Ath. iii. 634; Chester's Westminster Abbey Reg. 158; D.N.B.; Foster's Index Eccl.; Add. MS. 15,671, p. 69.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1628 | Subsc | Heywood, Guilielmus | / | View | |
| 1636 | Appt(Presentation) | Heywood, William | St Giles in the Fields / | Rector | View |
| 1637 | Disp-App | Heywood, William | St Giles in the Fields / | Rector | View |
| 1637 | Disp(Dispensation) | Heywood, William | Layndon / | Rector | View |
| 1638 | Appt(Presentation) | Heywood, William | Westminster Abbey / | Prebendary | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Haywood, William | St Giles in the Fields / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Haywood, William | Layndon with the chapel of Basseldon / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Haywood, William | St Paul's Cathedral / Prebend of Chamberlein-Wood | Prebendary | View |
| 1663 | Vac(natural death) | Haywood, Gulielmi | Layndon, alias Langdon, with Basselson Chapel / | Rector | View |
| 1663 | Vac | Heywood, Gulielmi | St Paul's Cathedral / prebendary of Chamberlainwood | Prebendary | View |
| 1663 | Vac(natural death) | Heygood, Not given | St Giles in the Fields / | Rector | View |