Cornish stained glass

William Hichens

Born

c 1751

Died

14^th January 1785 aged 34

Parents

♂	William Hichens
♀	Mary Williams

Marriage

1. Margaret Jope, 4^th December 1777
   1. Mary Hichens, b 1779, d 1833
   2. Elizabeth Hichens, b 1781, d 1862
   3. Robert Hichens, b 1782, d 1865
   4. William Hichens, b c 1784, d 1849

Arms of Hichens

Blazon

Argent a cross patonce quarterly gules and azure, between four lions’ heads erased sable, langued of the second.

Sources

1. Vivian, JL (ed). The Visitations of Cornwall. p 214. 1887, Exeter, William Pollard & Co.
2. Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, p 494. 1884, London, Harrison & Sons.
3. Burke 1884, op. cit., p 487.

Acknowledgement

Lion’s head erased from Elisabeth stilton.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Hichens

Notes

1. Baptism, Cornwall OPC Baptisms. Gives baptism date as 21^st April 1751.
2. Marriage of William Hichens of Illogan and Margaret Jope at St Ives, Cornwall OPC Marriages.
3. Burial at St Ives, 17^th January 1785, Cornwall OPC Burials.
4. J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol II p 257. William Lake, Truro, 1868. Gives date of death; probably burial.
5. Marriage, Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. Visitation of England and Wales, vol XXI p 20. Privately printed, 1921
6. Howard and Crisp 1921, op. cit.vol XXI p 20 gives baptism date as 22^nd April 1751. Also gives date of death separately from burial.
7. Pedigree of Hichens family of St Ives, Gore, David. A Cornish Inheritance: The Harveys of Chacewater, p 53 1997, The Red House, Lower Basildon, Berkshire.