VENN: Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Mar. 29, 1754. Of Norfolk. [S. of Robert, attorney, of King's Lynn. B. there. School, Bury St Edmunds.] ' Matric. Michs. 1754; Scholar; B.A. 1758; M.A. 1761. Fellow, 1759-69. C. of Basingstoke, Hants., 1759. R. of East Barnet with Chipping Barnet, Herts., 1769-1815. R. of St Mary Abchurch with St Lawrence Pountney, London, from 1774. Canon of Ely, 1780. Chaplain to Dr Keane (his uncle), Bishop of Ely. Author, Sermon; A Treatise on the Sacrament. Died Sept. 14, 1815, aged 79, at the rectory, East Barnet. (Bury St Edmunds Sch. Reg.; Lamb; H. E. Vigers; G. Mag., 1815, II. 377.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1759 | Ordi(ordination) | Underwood, Benjamin | / | deacon | View |
| 1759 | Disp-Ord | Underwood, Benjamin | / | View | |
| 1762 | Ordi(ordination) | Underwood, Benjamin | / | priest | View |
| 1762 | Disp-Ord | Underwood, Benjamin | / | View | |
| 1762 | Ordi(ordination) | Underwood, Benjamin | / | priest | View |
| 1769 | Appt(Institution) | Underwood, Benjamin | East Barnet / | Rector | View |
| 1774 | Appt(Institution) | Underwood, Benjamin | St Mary Abchurch with St Laurence Pounteney / | Rector | View |
| 1774 | Disp(Dispensation) | Underwood, Benjamin | London, St Mary Alchurch with St Lawrence Pounteney annexed / | Rector | View |
| 1774 | Disp-App | Underwood, Benjamin | Edmund, bishop of Ely / | Chaplain | View |
| 1774 | Disp-App | Underwood, Benjamin | East Barnet / | Rector | View |
| 1774 | Appt(Appointment) | Underwood, Benjamin | Edmund Keene, Bishop of Ely / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1780 | Subsc | Underwood, Benjamin | Ely Cathedral / 3rd Canonry | Canon | View |
| 1780 | Appt(Collation) | Underwood, Benjamin | Ely Cathedral / Third Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1815 | Vac(Death) | Underwood, Benjamin | Ely Cathedral / 3rd prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1815 | Vac(natural death) | Underwood, Benjamin | East Barnet / | Rector | View |
| 1815 | Vac(Death) | Underwood, Benjamin | Ely Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1816 | Vac(natural death) | Underwood, Benjamin | St Mary Abchurch with St Lawrence Poulteney annexe / | Rector | View |