VENN
Adm. sizar at ST CATHARINE'S, Jan. 22, 1770. Of Derbs. ' Matric. Michs. 1770; B.A. 1774; M.A. 1777; B.D. 1786. Fellow, 1774. Ord. priest (Peterb.) 1774. R. of Coton, Cambs., 1788-1827. R. of Little Stukeley, Hunts., 1813-27. Constantly engaged in quarrels with the other Fellows; in 1798 voted for himself as Senior Fellow when the election to the Mastership took place; the Lord Chancellor nominated Joseph Procter. At Little Stukeley his usual costume is said to have consisted of a coarse great-coat, corduroy breeches, and light grey stockings. Murdered July 3, 1827, aged 81, by Joshua Slade, a dismissed servant, at Little Stukeley rectory. The gravestone erected to his memory bore an epitaph beginning: 'Beneath this Tomb his Mangled body's laid Cut, Stabb'd and Murdered by Joshua Slade; His ghastly Wounds a horrid sight to see, And hurl'd at once into Eternity.' (Northants. Clergy; Clerical Guide; Foster, Index Eccles.; Proc. Mod. Lang. Assoc., LVIII. Mar. 1948; E. Anglian, N.S., VIII. II; G. Mag., 1827, II. 279; The Times, July 12, 1827; W. H. S. Jones, History of St Catharine's College, 129.)
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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1773 | Appt(Licensing) | Waterhouse, Joshua | Baldock / | Curate | View |
1773 | Ordi(ordination) | Waterhouse, Joshua | / | deacon | View |
1773 | Disp-Ord | Waterhouse, Joshua | / | View | |
1774 | Ordi(ordination) | Waterhouse, Joshua | / | priest | View |
1774 | Disp-Ord | Waterhouse, Joshua | / | View | |
1788 | Appt(Institution) | Waterhouse, Joshua | Coton / | Rector | View |
1813 | Disp(Dispensation) | Waterhouse, Joshua | Little Stewkley / | Rector | View |
1813 | Disp-App | Waterhouse, Joshua | Coton / | Rector | View |
1813 | Appt(Institution) | Waterhouse, Joshua | Little Stewkley / | Rector | View |
1827 | Vac(Death) | Waterhouse, Joshua | Coton / | Rector | View |
1827 | Vac(Death) | Waterhouse, Joshua | Little Stickeley / | Rector | View |