Richard William Herrick

The Very Rev  Richard William Herrick  (3 December 1913 - 5 May 1981) was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century.^[1] He was educated at King Edward VI School Retford and Leeds University and was initially a civil servant. He was  ordained after a period of study at the  College of the Resurrection, Mirfield in 1940. he held curacies at Duston and Portsea before being appointed Vicar of St Michael’s, Northampton in 1947,^[2] a post he held for a decade. He was then a Canon Residentiary of Chelmsford Cathedral until 1978^[3] when he Provost of Chelmsford. He died in post.^[4]

Religious titles
Preceded by Hilary Martin Connop Price	Provost of Chelmsford 1978 – 1981	Succeeded by John Henry Moses

Notes

^ "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde, E.B; Greenway, D.E; Porter,S; Roy,I Cambridge, CUP,1996 ISBN 9780521563505
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975/1976 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 0108153674
^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ Deaths The Times Wednesday, May 06, 1981; pg. 30; Issue 60920; col A

Provosts/Deans of Chelmsford

William Edward Reginald Morrow • George Eric Gordon • Hilary Martin Connop Price • Richard William Herrick • John Henry Moses • Peter Somerset Margesson Judd

Office holders in the Diocese of Chelmsford

The Bishop of Chelmsford • The Bishop of Barking • The Bishop of Bradwell • The Bishop of Colchester • The Provost of Chelmsford (until 2000) • The Dean of Chelmsford (since 2000) • The Archdeacon of West Ham The Archdeacon of Colchester The Archdeacon of Harlow The Archdeacon of Southend

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Name	Herrick, Richard William
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Date of birth	3 December 1913
Place of birth	1981
Date of death	5 May 1981
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