VENN: Adm. sizar (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 16, 1699-1700. S. of Joshua (above), P.C. of Ringley, Lancs. B. at Ringley. School, Manchester (Mr Barrow). B.A. 1703-4. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 23, 1705; priest (York) June, 1707. Assistant master at Manchester Grammar School, 1724. (Mumford, Hist. of Manchester School.)