Venn: son of Giles, of Gloucester; matric. from Brasenose, Oxford aged 16, 1664/5; BA there 1668, MA 1671, DD Jesus, Cambridge 1692; ordained deacon May 1670, priest December same year. Chaplain to Lord Chandos; curate of Cowley, then rector 1673-1717; rector of Kemerton 1675-1737; prebendary of Bristol, later prebendary of Gloucester 1723-37; 1691-1723 surrogate of Chancellor of Gloucester, 1711-35 archdeacon of Gloucester and rector of Dursley
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1670 | Ordi(candidate for ordination) | Lye, Nathaniel | / | deacon | View |
| 1670 | Subsc | Lye, Nathaniel | Cowley / | Curate | View |
| 1670 | Subsc | Lye, Nathaniel | Cooley / | Curate | View |
| 1673 | Appt(Institution) | Lye, Nathaniel | Cowley / | Rector | View |
| 1673 | Subsc | Lye, Nathaniel | Cowley / | Rector | View |
| 1675 | Subsc | Lye, Nathaniel | Kemerton / | Rector | View |
| 1684 | Libc | Lye, Nathaniel | Cowley / | Rector | View |
| 1684 | Libc | Lye, Nathaniel | Kemerton / | Rector | View |
| 1687 | Libc | Lye, Nathaniel | Kemerton / | Rector | View |
| 1687 | Libc | Lye, Nathanael | Cowley / | Rector | View |
| 1714 | Appt(collation) | Lye, Nathanael | Archdeaconry of Gloucester / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1714 | Appt(collation) | Lye, Nathanael | Dursley / | Rector | View |
| 1714 | Appt(Collation) | Lye, Mathaeus | Dursley annexed to the office of archdeacon of Glo / | Rector | View |
| 1714 | Appt(Collation) | Lye, Mathaeus | Gloucester / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1717 | Vac(resignation) | Lye, Nathanael | Cowley / | Rector | View |
| 1723 | Appt(Institution) | Lye, Nathanael | Gloucester Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1723 | Appt(Institution) | Lye, Nathanael | Gloucester Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1738 | Vac(Death) | Lye, Nathaniel | Gloucester with the rectory of Dursley annexed / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1738 | Vac(natural death) | Lye, Nathaniel | Kemmerton / | Rector | View |
| 1738 | Vac(natural death) | Lye, Nathaniel | Archdeaconry of Gloucester with the rectory of Dur / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1738 | Vac(Death) | Lye?, | Gloucester Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1738 | Vac(Death) | Lye, Nathaniel | Bemerton / | Rector | View |
| 1738 | Vac(natural death) | Lye, unknown | Gloucester Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |