VENN: Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, 6 May 1621. Son of Robert, of East Hatley, Cambs. Born there, 1606. ' Matric. 1621; B.A. 1624/5; M.A. 1628; B.D. 1635; D.D. 1661 ( Lit. Reg.). Professor of Arabic, 1666. Migrated to St John's, 1671. F.R.S. 1674. Vicar of Hatfield Peveril, Essex, till 1638. Rector of Woodham Walter, 1647. Chaplain to Charles II, 1666. Prebendary of Canterbury, 1667. Rector of Higham Gobion, Beds., 1683-5. Author, Lexicon Heptaglotton. By spending £12,000 on this he was so impoverished that he was imprisoned for debt. Died 1685. Buried at Higham Gobion, 5 Jan. 1685/6. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Will ('Vice-Chancellor's Court, Cambridge. See notes on the Sources for Personal Histories'V.C.C.) 1686. Brother of Robert (1621). (D.N.B.; Cambs. Vis., 1619.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Castell, Edmund (bap. 1606, d. 1686), orientalist and lexicographer
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| --- | Appt(commission to institute) | Castle, Edmundus | Higham Gobeon / | Rector | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Institution) | Castell, Edmundus | Hatfeild Peverell / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1638 | Appt(Institution) | Castell, Edmundus | Stibbington / | Rector | View |
| 1638 | Appt(Institution) | Castle, Edmundus | Stibbington / | Epistoler | View |
| 1638 | Vac(resignation) | Castle, Edmundus | Hatfield Peverell / | Rector | View |
| 1647 | Appt(Institution) | Castell, Edwardus | Woodham Water / | Rector | View |
| 1647 | Subsc | Castell, Edmundus | Woodhamwaters / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | **ltell, Edmund | Woodham Waters / | View | |
| 1662 | Subsc | illegible, Edmund | Woodham Waters / | View | |
| 1663 | Appt(Institution) | Castell, Edmundus | Higham Gobion / | Rector | View |
| 1663 | Disp(Dispensation) | Castell, Edmund | Higham Gobeons / | Rector | View |
| 1663 | Disp-App | Castell, Edmund | Woodham Waters / | Rector | View |
| 1663 | Appt(Institution) | Castell, Edmundus | Higham Gobeons / | Rector | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Castell, C | Woodham Waters / | Rector | View |
| 1667 | Subsc | Castell, Edmund | Canterbury cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1667 | Appt(Institution) | Castell, Edmundus | Icklingham, Suff / | Rector | View |
| 1667 | Subsc | Castell, Edmund | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1667 | Subsc | Castell, Edmund | Icklingham St James, Suff / | Rector | View |
| 1670 | Appt(Resignation) | Castell, Edmundus | Wadham Waters / | Rector | View |
| 1670 | Vac(resignation) | Castell, Edmundi | Woodham Water / | Rector | View |
| 1686 | Vac(natural death) | Castle, Edmundus | Heigham Gobyon / | Rector | View |
| 1686 | Vac(Death) | Cassells, Edmund | Canterbury cathedral / Prebend | Prebendary | View |