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VENN: Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1731. S. of William, of Hetherset, Norfolk. B. there, Dec. 25, 1713. ' Matric. 1731; B.A. 1734-5; M.A. 1738; B.D. 1746. Fellow, 1738-58. Incorp. at Oxford, 1754. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1736; priest (Ely) Sept. 24, 1738. F.S.A., 1752. V. of St Benet, Cambridge, 1752. R. of Landbeach, Cambs., 1756-97. V. of Linton, 1759. V. of Waterbeach, 1759-84. Antiquary. Author of The History of Corpus, etc. Died July 5, 1798, aged 84. Buried at Landbeach. M.I. there. Will, P.C.C. (Lamb-Masters; D.N.B., where parentage and ancestry differ from those given in Misc. Gen. et Her., 2nd S., IV. 101.)
SEE OXFORD DNB.
Because Corpus is patron of Little Wilbraham, assuming here that Robert, as the only Corpus man at the right date, is Curate in 1751.