John Higford

John Higford (c. 1551 – 1612) was an English landowner and MP.

He was the son of John Higford of Dixton Manor, Gloucestershire and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Fettiplace of Besselsleigh, Berkshire. The Higfords/Hugfords were descended from an old Shropshire family, who had acquired Dixton through marriage in the mid-fifteenth century. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1568, but subsequently was tutored by the puritan William Cole of Corpus Christi College, Oxford He entered the Inner Temple in 1571. he married Dorothy, daughter of William Rogers (d. 1593) of Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire with whom he had 2 sons, including his heir William Higford and 3 daughters. the Dowdeswell manor court being held in their names in 1594. However, Dowdeswell subsequently passed to her half-brother William.

Higford represented Cricklade in the parliaments of 1572 and 1586