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VENN - spells Tillbrook
Adm. pens. (age 19 at PETERHOUSE, Nov. 29, 1801. S. of John, of Bury St Edmunds. [School, Bury St Edmunds.] ' Matric. Michs. 1802; B.A. 1806; M.A. 1809; B.D. 1816. Fellow, 1810-28; Bursar. Assistant Master at Bury St Edmunds School, 1807. Ord. deacon (Norwich) June 12, 1808; priest, Dec. 18, 1808. R. of Freckenham, Suffolk, 1829-35. 'Famous for his geniality and social gifts'. Married, Dec. 15, 1829, Frances, dau. of John Ayling, of Tillington, Sussex. Author, Historical and Critical Remarks upon the Modern Hexametrists and upon Mr Southey's Vision of Judgment. Died May 20, 1835, aged 52. M.I. at Freckenham. Brother of the above. (Bury St Edmunds Sch. List; T. A. Walker, 376; Records of Rochester; G. Mag., 1835, II. 99.)