VENN/FOSTER
Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, Dec. 15, 1820. [2nd] s. of John, of Stirtlow (or Sturtloe), near Buckden, Hunts. B. [Feb. 26, 1803] at Freiston, Lincs. School, Rugby. ' Matric. Lent, 1821. Name removed, Oct. 1821. Adm. at Magdalen College, Oxford, 1821, ‘aged 17’; B.A. (Oxford) 1824; M.A. (Oxford) 1827. Fellow of Magdalen, 1831-5. Ord. deacon (Oxford) 1826; priest, 1827; C. of Diddington, Hunts., 1827-35; V. there 1835-56. R. of St Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford, 1856-77. Hon. Canon of Christ Church, 1871. Married, Oct. 23, 1835, Charlotte, dau. of the Rev. William Richardson, V. of Ferrybridge, Yorks., and had issue. Author, A Grammar of the New Testament Dialect; Critical Notes on the New Testament. Of Stirtlow House, Hunts., and Freiston, Lincs. Died Apr. 14, 1887. For the long connexion of the Linton family with Freiston, see Freiston with Butterwick, by J. R. Trotter (1936). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Peile, II. 403; Al. Oxon.; Crockford; Burke, L.G.; Foster, Index Eccles.; P. B. G. Binnall.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1826 | Ordi(ordination) | Linton, Henry | / | deacon | View |
| 1827 | Ordi(ordination) | Linton, Henry | / | priest | View |
| 1828 | Appt(Licensing) | Linton, Henry | Diddington / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1835 | Appt(Institution) | Linton, Henry | Diddington / | Vicar | View |