Sir John Higford

Sir John Higford (1529–1607) was an English landowner and member of Parliament.

He was the son of William Hugford of Dixton Manor, Gloucestershire by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Rudhall, serjeant at law of Brampton Abbotts, Herefordshire. He was descended from an old Shropshire family, who had acquired Dixton through marriage in the mid-fifteenth century. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford under John Jewel. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Fettiplace of Besselsleigh, Berkshire, by whom he had 2 sons (including his heir John Higford and 4 daughters. where he had rebuilt part of the existing manor house. According to his grandson, he was 'famous for his hospitality'.