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Venn: Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 18, 1728-9. S. of Edward, clerk, of Suffolk. B. at Polstead. School, Bury. ' Matric. 1729; B.A. 1732-3; M.A. (Oxford) 1736. Fellow of University College, and of Magdalen, Oxford. B.D. (Oxford) 1747; D.D. 1764. Adm. at the Inner Temple, 1729. Ord. deacon (Oxford) Dec. 21, 1746; priest, June 14, 1747. V. of Ashbury, Berks., 1754-7. R. of Candlesby, Lincs., 1757-8. R. of Bildeston, Suffolk, 1758-82. V. of Basing, Hants., 1768. Preb. of Lincoln, 1781. R. of Gt Holland, Essex, 1782. Died at Bildeston, Apr. 3, 1782. (Scott-Mayor, III. 420.)