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VENN: Adm. sizar (age 15) at MAGDALENE, May 18, 1665. S. of William, of Hutton, Essex. School, Brentwood. ' Matric. 1665; B.A. 1668-9; M.A. 1672. D.D. 1689. Fellow, 1671. F.R.S. Ord. deacon (Ely) Mar. 19, 1670-1; priest (Peterb.) Sept. 22, 1672. Preb. of Winchester, until 1689. R. of Wormshill, Kent, 1673-81. R. of Frinsted, 1674. R. of St Mary, Whitechapel, 1681-97. Lecturer of the Poultry Church, London, 1689. Chaplain to the King, 1690-7. Preb. of Westminster, 1694-7. Author, religious. Died Feb. 20, 1696-7. Will, Cons. C. London. Father of Squire (1691), Robert (1699-1700) and Thomas (1705). (D.N.B.).
SEE OXFORD DNB (1649/50-1697).