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VENN: Matric. pens. from CHRIST'S, May, 1561. S. of Thomas, of Great Moreton, Cheshire. B. 1542. B.A. 1563-4; M.A. from Jesus, 1567; D.D. 1579. Fellow of Jesus, 1567-73. Junior Proctor, 1570. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1568; priest, Sept. 12, 1570. R. of Tydd St Giles, Cambs., 1571. Chaplain to Bishop Cox, of Ely. R. of Doddington, 1573. V. of Gresford, Denbighs., 1574. R. of Caerwys, Flints., 1584. Bishop and Dean of Bangor, 1587. Bishop of Chester, 1595, till his death, June 13, 1596. Buried at Wrexham, Denbighs. Brother of Cuthbert (1578). (Peile, I. 75; D.N.B.)