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Venn: Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. M.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, 1692. D.D. from EMMANUEL, 1701. S. of Samuel, of Dublin. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Feb. 12, 1692-3. Chaplain to Dr Lloyd, Bishop of Winchester. Preb. of Lichfield, 1697; of Salisbury, 1703; and of Worcester, 1706. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1717. Bishop of Durham, 1730-50. Polemical writer. Died in London, July 20, 1750. Buried at Farnham Royal. Father of Wadham (1727). (D.N.B.)