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Venn: Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Apr. 9, 1743. S. of Charles (1711), R. of Gt Sandal, Yorks. B. Jan. 4, 1725-6. School, Wakefield. ' Matric. 1743; Scholar, 1743; B.A. 1746-7; M.A. 1750. Ord. priest (York) June 17, 1753; C. of Swillington, Leeds, 1753. R. of Gt Sandal, Yorks., 1754-89. V. of Greasbrough, 1754. A governor of Wakefield School, 1758-64. R. of Tankersley, 1782-95. V. of Swillington, 1789-95. J.P. for the West Riding. Chaplain to the Marchioness of Rockingham. Married Elizabeth, dau. of William Spinke, of Wakefield. Antiquary and social reformer. Author, British Prisons, etc. Died June 17, 1795. Buried at Sandal in his own garden