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VENN: Adm. pens. at QUEENS', June 25, 1644. Of Lincolnshire. S. of Henry, mercer, of Gainsborough, and grandson of Simon (1561). B. there, Sept. 8, 1626. School, Gainsborough (Mr Merryweather). ' Matric. 1647; B.A. 1647-8; M.A. 1651; B.D. 1658. Fellow, 1649-58. Elected President, 1661 (overridden by Royal Mandate). Incorp. at Oxford, 1666. D.D. (Oxford) 1666. Received presbyterian ordination, but subsequently ordained privately by the Bishop of Norwich, Apr. 5, 1654. Chaplain to Sir Walter St John, at Battersea, 1655. V. of Battersea, 1658-75. R. of St Paul, Covent Garden, 1662-89. Royal chaplain, 1671. Canon and sub-dean of Westminster, 1672-89. Canon of Chichester, 1679-91. Dean of Peterborough, 1679-89. Bishop of Chichester, 1689-91. Bishop of Ely, 1691-1707. Purchased an estate at Dalham, Suffolk, Dec. 1702. Married Penelope, dau. of William Jephson, of Froyle, Hants., Esq. Author, theological. One of the founders of the S.P.C.K. Died May 31, 1707. Buried in Ely Cathedral. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Brother of John (1647) and father of the next. (D.N.B.; Le Neve, Mon., II. 124; Symon Patrick, Autobiography.)
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Father of 18263.