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VENN: Adm. pens. (age 16) at PETERHOUSE, Feb. 9, 1693-4. S. of Francis, of the South Bailey, Durham. Bapt. at St Mary's, Dec. 12, 1678. School, Houghton-le-Spring. Scholar, 1694; ' Matric. 1695; B.A. 1697-8; M.A. 1701. Fellow, 1698. Ord. priest (Lincoln) June 29, 1701. Lecturer of St John's, Newcastle-on-Tyne, from 1710. R. of Whalton, Northumberland, 1710-23. Married, Oct. 12, 1710, at Houghton-le-Spring, Elizabeth Fawcett, of Newcastle. Died Oct. 23, 1723. Buried at St John's, Newcastle. (H. M. Wood.)