VENN: Adm. pens. aged 15 CHRIST'S 5 Apr. 1681; of Kimberton, Salop; son of WIlliam. Born Donnington, Salop. Baptised there 14 Sep. 1666; ord. deacon Gloucester 30 May 1686; priest 21 May 1687; C of Winwick, Lancs. 1689; R of Moresby, Cumberland 1711-20; V of Whitehaven 1693-1720; Buried there 18 June 1720; Father of Francis (1723/4); see Peile II, 82