VENN (as STOVING or STOVEN): Matric. sizar from ST JOHN'S, Easter, 1609. B. at Caton, Lancs. B.A. 1612-3; M.A. 1616. Ord. deacon (London) Sept 19, 1613, age 23; priest, Mar. 16, 1616-7. C. of Burnham, Essex. R. of South Fambridge, 1622-40. Licence (Bishop of London) May 7, 1622, to marry Mercy, dau. of John Francis, late R. of Southminster. 'Administration of Effects at a Probate Court.'Admon. (Cons. C. London) June 23, 1640, to relict Mercy.
When ordained priest, 16 Masrch 1616/7, noted as constituted to serve cure in church of Burnham, Essex.