VENN (as STERNE): Adm. at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1690. Of Nottinghamshire. ' Matric. 1691; B.A. 1694-5; M.A. 1698; B.D. from St John's, 1706. Fellow of St John's, 1700-13. Ord. deacon (York) Oct. 1697; priest (Lincoln) Dec. 22, 1700. R. of Hatley Cockayne, Beds., 1701-11. R. of Averham, Notts., 1713; there in 1724.