VENN
Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, May 12, 1758. S. of –, clerk, of Lancs. B. at Ormskirk. School, Macclesfield. ' Matric. Michs. 1758; Scholar; B.A. 1762; M.A. 1767. Ord. deacon (Chester) Feb. 2, 1762; priest, June 2, 1765. Probably V. of Mottram, Cheshire, 1762-. (St John's Coll. Adm., III. 153.)
But obviously there is a problem with the Mottram allocation given his clerical status at the time