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VENN: M.A. 1638 (Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. from Oxford). S. of Thomas, of Hackney, Middlesex, clerk of the spicery to James I. B. at Hackney, July 22, 1607. Matric. (Christ Church, Oxford) 1627; scholar from Westminster; B.A. (Oxford) 1631; M.A. 1634; B.D. 1641; D.D. 1641-2. Chaplain to Charles I, 1635. R. of Whickham, Durham, 1635; ejected, and restored, 1660. Canon of Durham, 1660-92. Dean of Lichfield, 1664-71. Bishop of Lichfield, 1671-92. Married Grace, sister of Sir James Clavering, Bart. Died Apr. 18, 1692. Buried at Ufford, Suffolk. Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury. (Staffs. Pedigrees; Al. Oxon.; Nichols, IV. 732; Chesters of Chicheley, 472.)