Venn: Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, May 17, 1742. S. of William (1698), clerk, of Yorkshire. B. at Hessle. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. 1742; B.A. 1745-6 (allowed one term during which he had fought in the King's army against the rebels); M.A. 1749. Ord. deacon (York) May 25, 1746; priest (London) Sept. 20, 1747. C. of Radwinter, Essex, 1747. C. of Saffron Walden, 1759-89.