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VENN (as WYNNYFFE or WENYEVE): Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 17, 1716. S. and h. of George (? 1675), lawyer, of Suffolk. B. in France. School, Bury St Edmunds. B.A. 1720-1; M.A. 1724. Fellow, 1725-32. Ord. deacon (London) Mar. 1, 1723-4; priest (Lincoln) Sept. 19, 1725. V. of Stetchworth, Cambs., 1727-33. R. of Brettenham, Suffolk, 1733-9. R. of Chellesworth, 1739-54. Married, Feb. 17, 1731, Christiana, dau. of John Wenyeve. Died July 24, 1754, aged 56. Buried at Brettenham. (Scott-Mayor, III. 307.)