Anthony Higgin (d. 1624), the son of Thomas Higgin of Manchester, was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1574. In 1583 he became rector of Kirk Deighton near Wetherby in Yorkshire, and in 1608 he was appointed Dean of Ripon an appointment he held until his death. He collected books extensively throughout his life, and left them to the church at Ripon when he died. The surviving part of his collection, which numbers about 1250 volumes, is now preserved in Leeds University Library as part of Ripon Cathedral Library.
Contains notes on theological subjects, Biblical commentary, etc., including the following headings: (1) f.19: "Lingua peregrina in Ecclesia non utenda"; (2) f.23: "De lingua vulgari"; (3) f.36: "Descensus Christi ad inferos"; (4) f.39: "In Missa non esse sacrificium propitiatorum pro vivis & mortuis"; (5) f.49: "Imagines & simulacres in Ecclesia non habenda", Ambrosius etc. "contra imagines"; (6) f.58: "Nullum esse purgatorium"; (7) f.67: "Stapletoni apologia"; (8) f.71: "Papa non esse Ecclesiae caput"; (9) f.76: "An patres nostri damnati sunt"; (10) f.85: "Coenam Domini non ad altare sed ad mensam celebrandum esse"; (11) f.115: "Contra Papae primatum"; (12) f.118: "De libero arbitrio" (with references to Scripture and Early Fathers); (13) f.140: "Exhortatio pro subsidio"; (14) ff.168-70: Apparently an address to the churches by a Commission from the King (Henry VIII?) requiring them to deliver up statutes, charters, register books, etc.
From the library of Anthony Higgin, Dean of Ripon
Access is unrestricted
Mainly in Latin, but with some English
Formerly shelved as XVIII.F.26