Person: Higgs, Griffin (1625 - 1778)

• Comments

  VENN: M.A. 1623 (Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree). S. of Griffin, of South Stoke, Oxon. B. there, 1589. School, Reading. Matric. from St John's, Oxford, July 4, 1609, age 18; B.A. (Oxford) 1610; M.A. 1615; B.D. 1625. Fellow of Merton, 1611. Proctor, 1622. Adm. at Leyden, Feb. 6, 1629-30. D.D. (Leyden) 1629-30. Supp. for incorp. at Oxford, 1629-30. Chaplain at the Hague for twelve years, to the Queen of Bohemia. R. of Gamlingay, Cambs., 1625. V. of Diddington, Hunts., 1626-30. R. of Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent, 1630-45. Precentor of St David's, 1631-59. Dean of Lichfield, 1638. Author, theological. Died at South Stoke, Henley, Oxon., Dec. 16, 1659. Buried there.
  
  See also ODNB; A. Hegarty, 'A Biographical Register of St John's College Oxford 1555-1660' (Oxford Historical Society, ns 43, 2011), pp. 315-16.

Education Events

• BD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Disp	Higgs, Griffin	16/02/1626	BD		View

• DD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Higgs, Griffin	15/02/1630	DD		View
  Appt	Higgs, Griffinus	15/02/1630	DD		View
  Appt	Higgs, Griffith	17/02/1631	DD		View
  Appt	Higgs, Griffinus	21/06/1631	DD		View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Gamlingay (00/00/1625 - 00/00/1625 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Libc	Higges, Griffinus	00/00/1625	Rector		Gamlingay/	View

• Vicar : Diddington (20/02/1626 - 26/01/1663 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Higgs, Griffinus	20/02/1626	Vicar	Institution	Diddington/	View
  Appt	Yong, Gulielmus	26/01/1663	Vicar	Institution	Doddington/	View

• Rector : Cliffe at Hoo (15/02/1630 - 12/08/1778 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Higgs, Griffinus	15/02/1630	Rector	Admission	Clive/	View
  Appt	Higgs, Griffin	15/02/1630	Rector	Collation	Clive/	View
  Appt	Simpkinson, John	12/08/1778	Rector	Collation	Clive oth. Cliffe/	View