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VENN
Adm. sizar (age 20), at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 5, 1758. S. of the Rev. Robert (1713; CCE19607), of Staffs. (and Mary, dau. of Anthony Beach, of Norton, Staffs.). B. [Jan. 18, 1736], at Sheen. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1758; Scholar, 1758; B.A. 1763; M.A. 1766. Ord. priest (Norwich, litt. dim. from Lichfield and Coventry), Dec. 19, 1762. Succeeded his father as V. of Norton, Derbs., 1773-1811. Married, Dec. 13, 1779, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. Daniel Lowe, M.A., of Norton. Died Dec. 23, 1811; buried at Norton. Father of Robert (1800; CCE19486). (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adms., III. 656; F.M.G., II. 449; G. Mag., 1811, II. 660.)