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VENN: M.A. from CHRIST'S, 1621. B. in London. Matric. from Brasenose College, Oxford, May, 1615; B.A. (Gloucester Hall), 1618/9; D.D. (Oxford) 1643. Lecturer at St Dunstan-in-the-West [London]. R. of St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street [London], 1625-42. R. of St Benet Sherehog [London], 1640-2; sequestered, 1642. Chaplain to the King, 1642. R. of Burghfield, Berkshire, 1645. Imprisoned in Newgate [London], 1660. Restored to St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street [London], 1660-5. His royalist sermon, answered by Milton, 1660. R. of Bladon, Oxfordshire, c.1661-5. Married Sarah, dau. of Richard Smith, D.D. Died at Bladon [Oxfordshire], 14 Oct., 1665. Will, P.C.C. (Peile, I. 300; D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)