VENN: Adm. pens. (age 16) at PEMBROKE, Dec. 16, 1810. Eldest s. of the Rt. Rev. Bowyer Edward (1777), Bishop of Chester (and Hester, dau. of S. Hobbs, Esq., of Henstridge, Somerset). B. [Aug. 12, 1794], at Blandford, Dorset. School, Eton. Scholar, 1810; matric. Michs. 1811; B.A. 1815; M.A. 1818. Fellow of Jesus, 1815. Ord. deacon and priest (Ely) 1818; R. of Stretham, Cambs., 1818-27. Canon of Ely, 1818. V. of Littlebury, Essex, 1818-39. R. of Cottenham, Cambs., 1819-27. R. of Leverington, 1827-70. R. of Benwell, Norfolk, 1829-31. R. of Gunthorpe, 1831-70. J.P. for Norfolk and the Isle of Ely. Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely. Married, 1825, Agnes, youngest dau. of Sir Jacob Henry Astley, Bart., of Melton Constable, Norfolk. Died Feb. 8, 1870. Father of Edward B. (1851). (The Extraordinary Black Book, 528; Walford, County Families; Clergy List; Sir W. Sterry.)
Son of 2277 and brother of 19613.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1815 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Jesus College, Cambridge / | Fellow | View |
| 1817 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Ely cathedral / 6th prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1818 | Subsc | Sparke, John Henry | Ely cathedral / 6th canonry | Canon | View |
| 1818 | Appt(Institution) | Sparke, John Henry | Littlebury / | Rector | View |
| 1818 | Appt(Presentation) | Sparke, John Henry | Littlebury / | Rector | View |
| 1818 | Disp-Ord | Sparke, John Henry | / | View | |
| 1818 | Disp-Ord | Sparke, John Henry | / | View | |
| 1818 | Ordi(ordination) | Sparke, John Henry | / | deacon | View |
| 1818 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Ely Cathedral / 6th prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1818 | Ordi(ordination) | Sparke, John Henry | / | priest | View |
| 1818 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Stretham, with Stretford Chapel / | Rector | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Licensing) | Sparke, John Henry | Diocese of Ely / | Preacher | View |
| 1819 | Vac(resignation) | Sparke, John Henry | Jesus College, Cambridge / | not given | View |
| 1819 | Disp(Dispensation) | Sparke, John Henry | Cottenham / | Rector | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Appointment) | Sparke, John Henry | Bowyer Edward Sparke, Bishop of Ely / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1819 | Disp-App | Sparke, John Henry | Rt. Rev. Bowyer Edward, Bishop of Ely. / | Chaplain | View |
| 1819 | Disp-App | Sparke, John Henry | Stretham with Thetford chapel / | Rector | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Cottenham / | Rector | View |
| 1824 | Vac(cession) | Sparke, John Henry | Ely Cathedral / 6th prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1824 | Vac(cession) | Sparke, John Henry | Ely cathedral / 6th prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1824 | Subsc | Sparke, John Henry | Ely cathedral / 5th canonry | Canon | View |
| 1824 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Ely cathedral / 5th prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1827 | Vac(resignation) | Sparke, John Henry | Cottenham / | Rector | View |
| 1827 | Vac(resignation) | Sparke, John Henry | Stretham / | Rector | View |
| 1827 | Appt(Resignation) | Sparke, John Henry | Cottenham / | Rector | View |
| 1827 | Appt(Resignation) | Sparke, John Henry | Stretham / | Rector | View |
| 1827 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Leverington with Parson Drove / | Rector | View |
| 1829 | Vac(cession) | Sparke, John Henry | Leverington / | Rector | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Presentation) | Sparke, John Henry | Bexwell / | Rector | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Collation) | Sparke, John Henry | Leverington / | Rector | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Admission) | Sparke, John Henry | Beckswell otherwise Bexwell / | Rector | View |
| 1831 | Disp(Dispensation) | Spark, John Henry | Gunthorpe / | Rector | View |
| 1831 | Disp-App | Spark, John Henry | Leverington with Parson Drove / | Rector | View |
| 1831 | Disp-App | Spark, John Henry | (Rt. Rev.) Bowyer Edward, Bishop of Ely / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1831 | Disp-App | Spark, John Henry | (Rt. Rev.) Bowyer Edward, Bishop of Ely / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1831 | Disp-App | Spark, John Henry | Leverington / | Rector | View |
| 1831 | Appt(in post) | Spark, John Henry | Bishop Sparke of Ely / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1831 | Appt(in post) | Spark, John Henry | Bishop Sparke of Ely / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1831 | Disp(Dispensation) | Spark, John Henry | Bale / | Rector | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Admission) | Sparke, John Henry | Gunthorpe with Bale / | Rector | View |