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Venn: Matric. pens. from QUEENS', Easter, 1646. Of Suffolk. Migrated to Oxford B.A. (Magdalen Hall) 1648-9; M.A. 1651; D.D. (Cambridge) 1669 ( Lit. Reg.). Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. R. of Chinnor, Oxon., 1660. V. of Amport, Hants., 1661. Canon and Precentor of Chichester, 1662-1703. R. of Felpham, Sussex, 1670-96. Supporter of the Duke of Monmouth; committed to prison, 1685. Chaplain to the King. Died 1703. Will, 'Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C. (Al. Oxon.; Le Neve, Mon., V. 73.)
The resignor as R. of Chimmier (Chinnor?) in 1661 has been linked to the R. of Fittleton 1669-87 because of the rarity of the name and because the latter is stated as being DD in 1669, which accords with Venn.