VENN: Adm. pens. CAIUS, aged 21, 31 May 1827; son of John James of Clifton, Bristol; born in Jamaica 26 Nov. 1805; schools Camberwell and Eton; matric. Michs 1827; BA 1831; ordained deacon (Gloucester for Exeter) 1831; priest Exeter 1832; sometime SPG missionary in Australia; A Dominie at Eton 1847-65; PC Beachley, Gloucs., 1866-8; V of Sutton, Suffolk 1872-84; married Mary T.**, daughter of C.W. Johnson of Great Torrington, Devon; died 20 June 1884 at Bath. Brother of George (1834) and father of Francis Furse (1860) and Leonard H. (1876). (See Sir W. Sterry; Burke, L.G.; Eton Sch. Lists; Clergy List; Crockford; Venn II, 202.)
** Mary Theresa Vidal 1815-1873, first female writer of English fiction in Australia, see Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 2, 1967, entry by JC Horner; they arrived in Australia in 1840, Francis minister of large parish of Penrith, NSW, both returned to England 1845 because of his bad health.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Vidal, Francis | / | deacon | View |
| 1831 | Ordi(ordination) | Vidal, Francis | / | deacon | View |
| 1831 | Ordi(ordination) | Vidal, Frederick | / | deacon | View |
| 1831 | Subsc | Vidal, Francis | / | View | |
| 1832 | Ordi(ordination) | Vidal, Francis | / | priest | View |
| 1832 | Appt(Licensing) | Vidal, Francis | Roborough / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1832 | Appt(Licensing) | Vidal, Francis | Roborough / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1834 | Appt(Licensing) | Vidal, Francis | Ideford / | Stipendiary Curate | View |