VENN: Adm. sizar (age 16) at TRINITY, July 3, 1696. S. of Francis (1667), of Ely. B. at Wisbech, Apr. 20, 1680. School, Merchant Taylors'. ' Matric. 1698; Scholar, 1699; B.A. 1699-1700; M.A. 1703. Ord. deacon (Ely) May 30, 1703; priest, June 11, 1704. Father of George Fern.