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May well be the following - VENN: Matric. sizar from JESUS, Easter, 1617. Of Salop. S. of Jonas, R. of Byfield, Northants. B. at Llansilin, Denbs. School, Shrewsbury. Scholar, 1620; B.A. 1620-1; M.A. 1624. Ord. priest (Peterb.) Feb. 26, 1625-6. Head Master of Shrewsbury School, 1636-46; and again, 1662-4. During the interval he kept school at Ryton, Birch Hall, Market Drayton (all in Salop); Hawarden and Overton, Flints.; and Newport, Salop. Buried at St Mary's, Shrewsbury, Oct. 21, 1664. (G. W. Fisher, Shrewsbury; T. Phillips, Hist. of Shrewsbury; H. I. Longden.)