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VENN: Adm. pens. JESUS COLLEGE 27 Feb. 1822; 2nd son of Benjamin, yeoman, of Sherford Barton, Brixton, Devon. Born 11 Nov. 1793; school Plympton. Had been apprenticed to a Kingsbridge bookseller and a bookseller himself at Plympton 1813-22. Matric. Easter 1822; BA 1826; MA 1833; ord. priest Gloucester 17 Dec. 1826; C of St Andrew, Plymouth; PC St Budeaux, Devonport, 1827-32; PC St Paul (later of St George) Stonehouse, Devon 1833-5; V of Crediton 1835-53 and PC of Postbury Chapel 1837-53; married 1829 to Sydney, dau. of Adam Neale, M.D. and had issue. Author: 'Perambulation of the Ancient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor' and other topographical works. Died 15 Sep. 1853 at Crediton. (Jesus Coll. Roll; DNB; Clerical Guide; Clergy List; Boase 327; G. Mag. 1854 I, 215)