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VENN (as GURDON): Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Apr. 19, 1650. Of Suffolk. 4th s. of John (1611), of Assington, Esq. School, Colchester. ' Matric. 1652; B.A. 1653-4; M.A. from Queens', 1657; D.D. 1691 ( Lit. Reg.). Incorp. at Oxford, 1657. V. of Little Abingdon, Cambs., 1660-2. R. of Woodham Ferrens, Essex, 1666-91. R. of Chelmsford, 1681-96. Died Feb. 11, 1696-7, aged 64. Buried at Assington. Will ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) 1698. Father of John (1689-90), brother of Robert (1645). (Burke, L.G.)