The Venerable William Higgins was an Anglican priest in England."Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church, Volume 2" Church of England Record Society p248:Woodbridge; Boydell; 1998
Higdgins was born in London and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Hieron-Horridge 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.
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