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Venn: Adm. sizar at Sidney, June 1, 1616. Of Yorkshire. B. at Wakefield, 1599. School, Wakefield. Matric. 1616; B.A. 1619-20; M.A. 1623. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Sept. 2, 1621; priest. Mar. 23, 1622-3. Puritan divine. Master of Oakham School, Rutland, 1623-9. R. of Stretton, Rutland, 1627-51. R. of St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Middlesex, 1643-54. Member of the Westminster Assembly, 1643. Intruding V. of St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, 1645. Oriental scholar. Married Hephtzibar, dau. of William Peachey, minister at Oakham, 1623. Died June 1, 1654, aged 55. Buried at Bermondsey. Will, P.C.C. Father of the next, of William (1639), John (1648) and Robert (1647). {D.N.B.; Manning and Bray, i. 214.)