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Venn: Matric. pens, from CHRIST'S, Apr. 1614. B. at Rollesby, Norfolk, Oct. 5, 1600. B.A. 1616-7; M.A. (St Catharine's) 1620; B.D. 1630; D.D. (by diploma, Oxford) 1653. Fellow of St Catharine's, 1620. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Mar. 2, 1621-2. Lecturer at Trinity Church, Cambridge, 1628; Vicar, 1632. Became an Independent, 1634. Went to Holland and became pastor of the English Church at Arnheim. Returned to London, 1640. Member of the Westminster Assembly, 1643. Chaplain to the Council of State, 1649. President of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1650. Deprived, 1660. Author, sermons. Died Feb. 23, 1679-80, aged 79. Will (P.C.C.) 1682; of St Bartholomew-the-Great, London. (Peile, i. 295; D.N.B.)