VENN: Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, May 3, 1743. S. of Thomas (1709), D.D. Bapt. Apr. 2, 1725, at Rothbury, Northumberland. School, Durham (Mr Dongworth). ' Matric. 1743; Scholar, 1744; B.A. 1746-7; M.A. 1750; B.D. 1761. Fellow, 1749. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 4, 1750; priest (London) Feb. 28, 1755. P.C. of Bamburgh, Northumberland, 1757-72. V. of St Bartholomew-the-Less, London, 1765-72. Married, at St Nicholas, Newcastle, July 10, 1770, to Catharine Pawson. Died at Newcastle, Nov. 25 (? 30), 1772. Buried at St Nicholas. Brother of John (1740). (Baker, II. 256; Musgrave.)
Discrepancy between date of ordination as deacon between Venn and Database.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1750 | Ordi(ordination) | Sharp, Thomas | / | deacon | View |
| 1755 | Ordi(ordination) | Sharp, Thomas | / | priest | View |
| 1757 | Appt(Appointment) | Sharp, Thomas | Balmbrough / | not given | View |
| 1757 | Appt(Licensing) | Sharp, Thomas | Balmbrough otherwise Bambrough Church or Chapel / | Curate | View |
| 1764 | Appt(Institution) | Sharp, Thomas | Roxden with Barford / | Vicar | View |
| 1765 | Vac(cession) | Sharpe, Thomas | Roxden with Barford magna united / | Vicar | View |
| 1765 | Subsc | Sharp, Thomas | St Bartholomew the Less near West Smithfield / | Vicar | View |
| 1765 | Appt(Institution) | Sharpe, Thomas | St Bartholomew the Less / | Vicar | View |
| 1773 | Vac(Death) | Sharp, Thomas | Bambrough otherwise Balmbrough / | Curate | View |
| 1774 | Vac(Death) | Sharp, Thomas | St Bartholomew the Less / | Vicar | View |