Anthony Higgin

Anthony Higgin was Dean of Ripon from 1608 until his death in 1624.[1]

From Lancashire, Higgin was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He was the incumbent at Kirk Deighton from 1583[3] until his death. Higgin is known to have owned a copy of the book on rhetoric written by Lorenzo Gulielmo Traversagni, Epitome margaritae eloquentiae.[4]

References

Church of England titles
Preceded by Moses Fowler	Dean of Ripon 1608 – 1624	Succeeded by John Wilson

Deans of Ripon
Minster	Moses Fowler Anthony Higgin John Wilson Thomas Dod John Wilkins John Neile Thomas Tully Thomas Cartwright Christopher Wyvill Heneage Dering Francis Wanley Darley Waddilove James Webber
Cathedral	James Webber Hon Henry Erskine Thomas Garnier William Goode Hugh M‘Neile Sydney Turner William Fremantle Hon William Fremantle Mansfield Owen Godwin Birchenough Llewelyn Hughes Edwin Le Grice Christopher Campling John Methuen Keith Jukes John Dobson

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Ripon Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop of Huddersfield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford Paul Slater, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds)
Other bishops	AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield
Deans	Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford John Dobson, Dean of Ripon Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield
Archdeacons	Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds Jonathan Gough, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014)
Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond)
Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirstall)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

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