VENN: Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Dec. 8, 1730. S. of George, of Putney, Surrey. School, Tonbridge, Kent (Mr Spencer). ' Matric. 1730; Scholar, 1731; B.A. 1734-5; M.A. 1738. Fellow, 1737. Taxor, 1740. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 1740; priest (Norwich) May, 1741. Preb. of Chichester. V. of Marsworth, Bucks., c. 1748. Took the name Pettiward, 1749, on succeeding to his mother's estates. Lived near Putney. (Cole, 5876, 159.)