VENN (as SMITH): Matric. pens. from ST JOHN'S, c. 1592. B. at Loughborough, Leics. B.A. 1595-6; M.A. 1599. Ord. deacon (London) Oct. 4; priest, Oct. 11, 1601, age 28. C. of Fifield, Essex. V. of Braintree, 1608-10. Married Dorothy Riddesdale, widow of Richard Riddesdale, late of Beaumont, Essex, Sept. 16, 1608. Died 1610. See Al. Oxon. for a contemporary namesake with whom Foster has apparently confused him.
When ordained in Oct. 1601, noted as Now of Fiffeild, Essex, and late of Willingdale Doe, Essex.