Robert Huick

Robert Huick or Hewicke (by 1515 – 6 September 1580), of London, Enfield and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, was an English physician. He was also briefly a member of parliament for a few weeks in the years 1547 and 1553.

Family and education

Huick was educated at Merton College, University of Oxford. By 1546, he was married to Elizabeth Slighfield, a sister of Henry and Walter Slighfield of Peckham, Kent; they had one or two daughters. He later married Mary Woodcock, and they had one daughter. One of his daughters was Anna Huick, wife of Sir Mark Steward (1524-1604), MP, of Stuntney in Cambridgeshire.[1]

Career

Huick was an academic of the University of Oxford and served as Principal of St Alban Hall from 1535 to 1536. He was also a physician and was briefly a Member of the Parliament of England for Wootton Bassett in 1547 and for Camelford in March 1553.[2]

References

STEWARD, Mark (1524-1604), of Heckfield, Hants; later of Stuntney, Cambs. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
"HUICK (HEWICKE), Robert (by 1515-80), of London, Enfield St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

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[1] STEWARD, Mark (1524-1604), of Heckfield, Hants; later of Stuntney, Cambs. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981

[2] "HUICK (HEWICKE), Robert (by 1515-80), of London, Enfield St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 16 March 2019.