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 ‘Letters,’ 2nd ser. iv. 40–56, and in his ‘Letters of Eminent Literary Men,’ 1843, pp. 267, 283; and in the correspondence appended to Pepys's ‘Diary.’ Letters to Dr. A. Charlett are in the ‘European Magazine’ for 1797, p. 329, and in the ‘Orthodox Churchman's Magazine’ for 1804, vi. 13–15; letters to Charlett, Hearne, and T. Smith, in vols. i. ii. of ‘Letters from the Bodleian,’ 1813; two in Nicolson's ‘Letters,’ 1809, i. 118–21; part of a letter to Wanley in 1696 in ‘Oxoniana,’ iii. 143; abstracts of letters to Hearne in Doble's Hearne's ‘Collections,’ 1886, ii. 1–190. In Nelson's ‘Life of Bull,’ 1713, two letters are printed at pp. 513–35 (one of which, dated 5 Aug. 1712, was written from Hampstead). Nelson introduces them with a very just encomium of his friend's profound erudition both in secular and sacred studies.

There is a portrait of Hickes in the gallery attached to the Bodleian Library, which was given in 1746 by Euseby Isham, D.D., rector of Lincoln College; another is in the hall of Lincoln College, and a third in Cheshunt Great House, Hertfordshire. G. Ballard had a drawing of him sketched by Elizabeth Elstob, and an engraved portrait forms the frontispiece to his ‘Thesaurus.’

A staff which had belonged to him was, in 1886, in the possession of the late Very Rev. A. Ranken, dean of Aberdeen, having been given by Bishop Robert Gordoun in 1764 to Robert Forbes, bishop of Ross and Argyll, by him to Bishop Jolly, thence to the Rev. C. Pressley, Bishop Suther of Aberdeen, and Mr. Ranken (, Journals, 12mo, London, 1886, p. 33).

One of his brothers, Ralph Hickes, took the degree of M.A. at Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1681, and was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians in London, 30 Sept. 1692. He was dead before the date of Hickes's will in 1715. Hearne tells us that he was brought over to the church of England by George (Collections, i. 260).

The following list of his works, which omits those mentioned above, is chiefly based upon an account appended to the sketch of Hickes's life in the Bodleian MS. referred to below. Use has also been made of the lists sent by Hickes himself in 1708–9 to Ralph Thoresby, who was then projecting a biography of Yorkshire authors. Hickes's own lists are printed in Thoresby's ‘Letters’ (1832, ii. 115, 208). The titles are here abbreviated. 1. ‘A Letter sent from beyond the Seas to one of the Chief Ministers of the Non-conforming Party,’ 4to (anon.), n. p., 1674; reprinted in 1684 as ‘The Judgment of an Anonymous Writer,’ &c. This was written from Saumur in reply to a letter from his brother John, and was at first attributed to Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon. 2. ‘A Discourse to prove that the Strongest Temptations are Conquerable by Christians,’ 4to, London, 1677; 2nd edit. 1683, 3rd 1713. 3. ‘The Spirit of Enthusiasm Exorcised,’ a sermon, 4to, London, 1680; 2nd edit. 1681; 3rd edit. 1683; 4th, 1709. For this sermon Hickes received special thanks from Drs. Cudworth, More, and Whichcote. 4. ‘The Spirit of Popery speaking out of the mouths of Phanatical Protestants’ (John Kid and John King, two presbyterian ministers) (anon.), fol., London, 1680. 5. ‘Peculium Dei; a Discourse about the Jews,’ 4to, London, 1681. This sermon gained special praise from Dr. Allestry and Kettlewell. 6. ‘The True Notion of Persecution: a Sermon at a time of Contribution for the French Protestants,’ 4to, London, 1681; 2nd edit. 1682, and again in 1713. 7. ‘A Sermon on the 30th of Jan.,’ London, 1682; 3rd and 4th edit. 1683. This excited great opposition at the time of its delivery and subsequently, with threats of violence from some of the hearers. 8. ‘The Moral Shechinah: a Discourse of God's Glory,’ 4to, London, 1682. 9. ‘A Discourse of the Sovereign Power,’ 4to, London, 1682. 10. ‘The Case of Infant Baptism in Five Questions’ (anon.), 4to, London, 1683. This was one of the series of tracts entitled ‘Cases written by London Clergy with a view to the Reconciling of Dissenters.’ 11. ‘Jovian; an Answer to [Samuel Johnson's] Julian the Apostate’ (anon.), 1st and 2nd edit. 8vo, London, 1683. Written at the desire of Archbishop Sancroft. 12. ‘A [Spital] Sermon on Easter Tuesday,’ 4to, London, 1684. 13. ‘A Sermon on the 29th of May,’ 4to, London, 1684. 14. ‘The Harmony of Divinity and Law in a Discourse about not resisting of Sovereign Princes’ (anon.), 4to, London, 1684. 15. ‘Speculum Beatæ Virginis: a Discourse of the due praise and honour of the B.V.’ (anon.), 4to, London, 1686; 2nd edit. in the same year. 16. ‘An Apologetical Vindication of the Church of England’ (anon.), 4to, London, 1687; 2nd edit. 8vo, London, 1706; reprinted in Gibson's ‘Preservative against Popery.’ In consequence of the delivery of this sermon Hickes was summoned before King James, who had supposed that it impugned the authenticity of the papers written by Charles II on his conversion to Romanism, which papers he then showed to Hickes, who acknowledged them to be written by Charles. 17. ‘Reflections upon a Letter out of the Country to a Member of Parliament, concerning the Bishops … now under Suspen-