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VENN: Matric. pens. from PETERHOUSE, Lent, 1629-30. Of Kent. S. of John, of Bifrons, Kent (brother of Isaac,) B.A. 1632-3; M.A. 1636; D.D. 1660 ( Lit. Reg.). Incorp. at Oxford, 1663. Fellow of Peterhouse, 1637; ejected, 1644; restored 1660-3. R. of Harbledown, Kent, 1661-70; and R. of Pluckley, Kent, 1662-76. Canon of Canterbury, 1662-80. Travelled during the Commonwealth in the Low Countries, France, Germany, Italy. Returned at the Restoration. Chosen to go on a mission to redeem English captives from the Algerines, 1662-3. Married Frances, dau. of Sir John Wild, Knt. Died May 11, 1680. Buried in Canterbury Cathedral. (T. A. Walker, 40; D.N.B.)