VENN: Adm. sizar (age 17) at CAIUS, Oct. 5, 1705. S. of John, innkeeper, of Downham, Norfolk. B. there, 1688. School, Wisbech. ' Matric. 1705-6; Scholar, 1705-10; B.A. 1709-10. Ord. deacon (Ely, Litt. dim. from Norwich) Sept. 23, 1711; priest (Norwich) Sept. 29, 1712; C. of Watlington, Norfolk. R. of North Pickenham and Houghton, 1719-48. Married Ellen, dau. of Robert Shuldham, M.D., of Kettlestone. Died June 11, 1748. Ancestor of Baron Cranworth and father of Robert (1739). (Venn, I. 513; Burke, Ext. Peerage.)