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VENN
Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 30, 1815. Of Shropshire. [S. of Richard, of Benn Hill, Leics., and Mary, dau. of Thomas Fowler, of Pendeford Hall. B. Dec. 15, 1796.] Schools [Shrewsbury and] Rugby. ' Matric. Michs. 1816; B.A. 1820; M.A. 1823. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 17, 1821; priest, Sept. 22, 1822; C. of Ibstock, Leics. Chaplain of the Ravenstone Hospital. V. of Weston-upon-Trent, Staffs., 1826-42. Of Benn Hill and Ravenstone, Leics. Married, Sept. 11, 1824, Mary Anne, dau. of the Rev. John Oldershaw, V. of Tarvin, Cheshire. Lived, 1842-58, at Benn Hill, Atherstone, Warws. Died Sept. 5, 1858. Father of Thomas L. (1856); grandfather of William R. (1879). Distinguish from an Oxford namesake, who was V. of Rugeley, Staffs., and R. of Newton, Warws. (Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; Rugby Sch. Reg.; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; Burke, L.G., 1939.)