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VENN: Adm. sizar (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 29, 1721. S. of Robert (1684), gent., of Osmaston Hall and Chaddesden, Derbs. Bapt. Aug. 25, 1703. School, Derby. B.A. 1724-5; M.A. 1728; D.D. 1744. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 25, 1726; priest (Ely) Jan. 14, 1732-3. R. of Trusley, Derbs., 1733-8. V. of Mickleover, 1740-72. R. of Morley, 1740-72. Chaplain to the Bishop of Bangor. Canon of Windsor, 1748-72. P.C. of St Benetfink, London, 1763-72. Married Dorothy, dau. of Simon Degge, of Derby, Oct. 7, 1746. Died 1772. Will, P.C.C. Brother of George Edward (1710-1). (Scott-Mayor, III. 338; Derby Sch. Reg., 12; Nichols, IV. 344.)