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VENN: Adm. sizar. ST JOHN'S COLLEGE 4 July 1779; did not reside; adm. sizar. MAGDALENE 25 Oct. 1779; son of Eli of Marsh Lane, Leeds (and of Abigail Linley); born 17 Jan. 1760; school Leeds Grammar; matric. Lent 1780; BA 1783 (6th Wrangler); MA 1787; Norrisian divinity prize 1781. 1782, 1783, 1785, 1787, 1788; PC Beeston, Leeds 1784-9; headmaster of Leeds Grammar School 1789-15; V of Lastingham 1789-1815; chaplain to Lord Harewood; married Miss --- Hardcastle of Leeds; author Sermons etc. Died 8 May 1815; father of Edward 1817 (CCED ID 40830); see G. Mag., St John's Adm. Reg. iv, 553; Leeds GS Register