Probably Venn: Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 30, 1671. S. of Richard (? Michael), yeoman, of Ackworth, Yorks. B. there. School, Hardwick. ' Matric. 1671; B.A. 1674-5; M.A. 1678. Ord. deacon (York) Sept. 1675; priest, May, 1676. V. of Featherstone, Yorks.