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VENN: Adm. pens. at ST CATHARINE'S, Feb. 17, 1734-5. S. of Henry (above)(ID 88679), R. of Rickinghall, Suffolk. ' Matric. 1735; B.A. 1738-9; M.A. 1742; D.D. 1759. Fellow, 1739. Taxor, 1743. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Apr. 2, 1734; preacher there, 1749. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 1739; priest, Dec. 1741. V. of Coton, Cambs., 1744-8. R. of Gimmingham and Trunch, Norfolk, 1748-87. F.R.S., 1765. F.S.A., 1769. Lecturer at St Catherine Cree, and St Lawrence Jewry. Author, sermons. Died Nov. 13, 1787. (D.N.B.)
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