VENN
Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, July 6, 1767. Of London. S. of John, gent., of St Margaret's, Westminster. B. there May 7, 1747. School, Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1767; B.A. 1771. Previously at Oxford; matric. (Queen's College) Mar. 22, 1766, age 18. Ord. deacon (London) June 10, 1770; Chaplain to the County gaol, Cambridge. V. of Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, 1773-80. V. of Wooler, Northumberland, 1780-1805. One of the leaders in the movement for square caps. ‘Penner of the address and the supposed author of an ingenious though very severe tract, called Somnium Academia, published just at the election of the Chancellor, whose character is not special in the performance’ (Cole, MS., 41, 397, 398). Died Sept. 23, 1805, at Knightsbridge, where he had a chapel. (Al. Oxon.; Eton Coll. Reg.; G. Mag., 1805, II. 974; Scott, MSS.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1770 | Ordi(ordination) | Cleeve, Alexander | / | deacon | View |
| 1771 | Ordi(ordination) | Cleeve, Alexander | / | priest | View |
| 1771 | Appt(Licensing) | Cleeve, Alexander | Horley / | Curate | View |
| 1773 | Appt(Collation) | Cleeve, Alexander | Stockton upon Tees / | Vicar | View |
| 1773 | Appt(Appointment) | Cleeve, Alexander | Stockton / | Vicar | View |
| 1780 | Appt(Appointment) | Cleeve, Alexander | Wooler / | Vicar | View |
| 1780 | Appt(Resignation) | Cleeve, Alexander | Stockton / | Vicar | View |
| 1780 | Appt(Collation) | Cleeve, Alexander | Wooler / | Vicar | View |
| 1780 | Vac(resignation) | Cleeve, Alexander | Stockton / | Vicar | View |
| 1805 | Vac(Death) | Cleeve, Alexander | Wooler / | Vicar | View |