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VENN: B.D. 1620 (Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. from Oxford). S. of Ralph, of Gloucestershire, B.D. (whose will, 'Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C., 1628). B. at Hawkesbury. ' Matric. from Trinity College, Oxford, June 22, 1604, age 15; B.A. (Oxford) 1608; M.A. 1612; B.D. 1619; D.D. 1666. Fellow of Trinity (Oxford) 1613. R. of Winterborne Steepleton, Dorset, 1619. R. of Winterborne Abbas, 1625-50 and 1662-7. Preb. of York, 1660-2. Bishop of Bristol, 1661-71. R. of Yeovilton, Somerset, 1662-71. Died Sept. 19, 1671. Buried in Bristol Cathedral. Father of the next, and of Gilbert, Bishop of Bristol, and Hereford. (Al. Oxon.)