Comments
VENN: Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 18, 1696-7. S. of Martin (1656). B. at Swaffham Prior, Cambs. School, Bury St Edmunds. Matric. 1697; B.A. 1700-1; M.A. 1704; D.D. 1719. Ord. deacon (Ely) July 5, 1702; priest, May 30, 1703. R. of Buxhall, Suffolk, 1709-43. Married Sarah; dau. of Henry Copinger, of Buxhall. Died Sept. 4, 1743, aged 65. Buried at Burhall. Father of Henry (1734) and Martin (1737).
Thomas was described as curate of St Cyriac and St Mary, Swaffham Prior, under his father [Martin] the vicar at the time of his ordination as deacon, July 1702.