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VENN: Adm. sizar (age 16) at SIDNEY, July 5, 1702. S. of Thomas, vintner, of Bedfordshire. B. at Bedford, 1686. School, Houghton Conquest, Beds. (Mr Wentworth). ' Matric. 1704. Ord. priest (Ely) Dec. 21, 1712. V. of Stagsden, Beds., 1712-20. C. of Goldington and under-master of Bedford School, 1716. R. of Carlton, 1720-71. Died Sept. 12, 1771, aged 85. M.I. at Carlton. Father of Samuel (1749). See Al. Oxon. for a contemporary namesake with whom he is apparently confused. (Harvey, Willey Hundred, Beds., 132.)