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Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 30) at MAGDALENE, June 26, 1819. S. of Richard, Esq., of Tranoweth, Cornwall [and Martha Peter]. Bapt. Dec. 22, 1788, at St Columb Major. School, Tiverton. ' Matric. Michs. 1819; B.A. 1823; M.A. 1826. Previously a Lieut. in the Royal Navy; wounded in action at the Battle of Trafalgar. Ord. deacon (Bristol, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 22, 1823; priest (London) Dec. 20, 1829; C. of Caxton, Cambs., 1823-4. C. of Wendy with Shingay, 1824-9. R. of Sturmer, Essex, 1829-74. Chaplain to the Risbridge Union, 1836. Married, Aug. 28, 1823, Charlotte, 2nd dau. of Alderman Willimott, of Cambridge. ‘The following anecdote of the Rev. William H. has been recorded. A gentleman met him going from the house of a mutual friend, a maiden lady. The latter apologised to this gentleman for having Lord Byron's works on her drawingroom table, observing that “Mr H. has just underlined the passages that I am not to read.”’ Died Jan. 11, 1874. Father of Herbert S. (1851). (Blundell's Sch., Tiverton, Reg.; Scott, MSS.; Boase, Coll. Cornub., 363; Crockford; Cambridge Chronicle, Jan. 17, 1874.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1823 | Subsc | Hicks, William | / | View | |
| 1823 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Hicks, William | / | deacon | View |
| 1823 | Appt(Licensing) | Hicks, William | Caxton / | Curate | View |
| 1823 | Ordi(ordination) | Hicks, William | / | deacon | View |
| 1823 | Appt(Licensing) | Hicks, William | Caxton / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1824 | Appt(Licensing) | Hicks, William | Wendy cum Shengay / | Curate | View |
| 1829 | Ordi(ordination) | Hicks, William | / | priest | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Institution) | Hicks, William | Sturmer / | Rector | View |