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VENN (as WOLFRAN STUBBS): Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 13, 1657; scholar from Westminster, 1658. S. of Edmund (1611), of Huntingfield, Suffolk. ' Matric. 1659; B.A. 1660-1; M.A. 1664; D.D. 1681 ( Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1661. Vice-Master, 1703-12. Incorp. at Oxford, 1674. Regius Professor of Hebrew, 1688-99. Signed for priest's orders (London) Dec. 16, 1664. R. of Tunstall, Suffolk, 1679. R. of Guiseley, Yorks., 1702. R. of Orwell, Cambs., 1703-19. He was involved in the disputes with Dr Bentley who succeeded in removing him from the Vice-Mastership. Died in London, Oct. 1719. Buried at Orwell. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Brother of Edward (1646) and Robert (1651). (Al. Westmon.; Vis. of Suffolk.)