VENN: Adm. sizar (age 23) at ST JOHN'S, May 8, 1685. S. of Thomas, husbandman. B. at Abbot Park, Colton, Lancs. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. 1685; B.A. 1688-9; M.A. 1692. Fellow, 1691-9. Taxor, 1694. Incorp. at Oxford, 1693. Ord. priest (Carlisle, Litt. dim. from Durham) Mar. 20, 1697-8.