VENN: Matric. pens. from ST JOHN'S, Michs. 1562. Of Gomersal, Yorks. B.A. 1565-6; M.A. 1569; B.D. 1576. Fellow, 1566. Ord. deacon (Ely) Aug. 24, 1566. University preacher, 1573. R. of Cottered, Herts., 1576-88. R. of Sutton, Cambs., 1578-88. R. of Yelling, Hunts., 1580-5. Preb. of Ely, 1584-1622. R. of Aspden, Herts. R. of West Mill, Herts., till 1622. Married Frances, dau. of John Cutler, of Springhall-in-Stanstead, Suffolk. Died Mar. 19, 1622-3. Buried at West Mill. Will (Prerogative Court of Canterbury.) 1623. Father of Henry (1612-3), Richard (1601) and probably of John (1611). (Bentham, Ely; Vis. of Herts., 1572.)