VENN: Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, July 2, 1811. S. and h. of Perry (1816), B.A., R. of Witheridge, Devon. B. there Feb. 28, 1794. School, Tiverton (Mr Richards). ' Matric. Michs. 1811; Scholar, 1812; B.A. (12th Wrangler) 1815; M.A. 1818; Seatonian Prize, 1818; B.D. 1826; D.D. 1831. Migrated to Peterhouse, Mar. 17, 1815. Fellow of Peterhouse, 1816-32. Proctor, 1820. Ord. deacon (Ely) Mar. 23, 1817; priest, Mar. 15, 1818; C. of Milton, Cambs., 1818; V. there, 1821. Head Master of Blundell's School, Tiverton, 1823-34. R. of Norton, Suffolk, 1831-79. Married Caroline Mary, dau. of G. Huddleston, deceased, of Greenford, Feb. 25, 1838, and had issue. Author, Sermons preached to the University of Cambridge, 1818; Deborah (Seatonian Prize Poem) 1818; Remarks on Marginal Notes and References in A.V. of the Bible, 1847. Died Jan. 2, 1879. Father of George A. (1862); brother of Charles R. (next) and Edmund A. (1828). (T. A. Walker, 392; Blundell's Sch. Reg.; Crockford.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1816 | Appt(Institution) | Dickens, Aldersey | Peterhouse, Cambridge / | Fellow | View |
| 1817 | Ordi(ordination) | Dicken, Alldersey | / | deacon | View |
| 1818 | Appt(Licensing) | Dicken, Aldersey | Milton / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1818 | Ordi(ordination) | Dicken, Alldersey | / | priest | View |
| 1818 | Appt(Licensing) | Dicken, Alldersey | Milton / | Curate | View |
| 1821 | Appt(Institution) | Dicken, Alldersey | Milton, alias Middleton / | Vicar | View |
| 1823 | Appt(Licensing) | Dicken, Aldersey | Tiverton, Blundells free and endowed Grammar Schoo / | Schoolmaster | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Admission) | Dicken, Alldersey | Norton / | Rector | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Resignation) | Dickens, Aldersey | Milton, alias Middleton / | Vicar | View |
| 1831 | Vac(resignation) | Dickson, Aldersley | Milton / | Vicar | View |
| 1833 | Vac(cession) | Dickens, Aldersey | Peterhouse, Cambridge / | Fellow | View |