VENN
Adm. sizar at JESUS, July 6, 1733. S. of Roger, Lieutenant in the Army, and grandson of Simon (1669). B. at Clonmell, Ireland, Nov. 24, 1713. School, Health (or Hipperholme), near Halifax. ' Matric. 1734-5; B.A. 1736-7; M.A. 1740. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Mar. 6, 1736-7; priest (Chester, Litt. dim. from York) Aug. 1738. C. of St Ives, Hunts., 1737. V. of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorks., 1738-68. Preb. of York, 1741-68. V. of Stillington, 1744-68. Chaplain to the 4th Earl of Aboyne. P.C. of Coxwold, 1750-8. Went abroad for his health, 1762. Well received in Paris salons. Entertained by Fox at St Germain. Lived at Toulouse, till 1764. Began the Seven Months' tour described in the Sentimental Journey, Oct. 1765. Returned to Yorkshire, 1766. Met Mrs Eliza Draper at the house of Sir William James, Dec. 1766. (Called his house there Shandy Hall.) Married Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Lumley, R. of Bedale, Mar. 30, 1741. Author, Tristram Shandy, etc. Died Mar. 18, 1768, in his lodgings in Bond Street, London. (D.N.B.; F.M.G., 516.)
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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1737 | Ordi(ordination) | Sterne, Laurence | / | deacon | View |
1738 | Subsc | Sterne, Laurence | Catton / | assistant curate | View |
1738 | Subsc | Strene, Laurence | Sutton on the Forrest / | Vicar | View |
1738 | Appt(Licensing) | Sterne, Laurence | Catton / | assistant curate | View |
1738 | Appt(Collation) | Sterne, Laurence | Sutton on the Forrest / | Vicar | View |
1738 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Sterne, Laurence | / | priest | View |
1741 | Subsc | Sterne, Lawrence | York Cathedral / Prebend of Givendale | Prebendary | View |
1741 | Appt(Collation) | Sterne, Laurence | York Minster / Prebend of Givendale | Prebendary | View |
1742 | Appt(Resignation) | Sterne, Laurence | York Minster / Prebend of Givendale | Prebendary | View |
1742 | Appt(Collation) | Sterne, Laurence | York Minster / Prebend of North Newbald | Prebendary | View |
1742 | Subsc | Strene, Lawrence | York Cathedral / Prebend of North Newbald | Prebendary | View |
1742 | Subsc | Strene, Lawrence | York Cathedral / | Canon | View |
1742 | Vac(resignation) | Sterne, Laurence | York Minster / Prebend of Givendale | Prebendary | View |
1744 | Appt(Presentation) | Sterne, Laurence | Stillington / | Vicar | View |
1756 | Appt(Presentation) | Sterne, Laurence | Kildwick Percy / | Vicar | View |
1760 | Appt(Licensing) | Sterne, Laurence | Coxwold / | Curate | View |
1768 | Vac(Death) | Sterne, Laurence | Sutton in the Forest / | Vicar | View |
1768 | Vac(Death) | Sterne, Laurence | York St Peter / Canonry and Prebend of North Newbold | Prebendary | View |
1768 | Vac(Death) | Stern, Laurence | Coxwold / | Curate | View |
1768 | Vac(Death) | Sterne, Laurence | Stillington / | Vicar | View |