VENN (as YOUNG): M.A. 1620 (Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. from St Andrews). 5th s. of Sir Peter, of Seaton, Forfarshire, Knt. B. there, 1584. Incorp. at Oxford, 1605. Chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford, 1605. Keeper of the King's library at St James'. Employed at Court as Correspondent with foreign rulers. Preb. of Chester, 1613. Preb. and treasurer of St Paul's, 1621. Latin secretary to John Williams, afterwards Archbishop. R. of Hayes, Middlesex, 1623-47, sequestered. R. of Llanynys, Denbigh, 1634. Selected by Selden for the examination of the Arundelian marbles; entrusted with the revision of the Alexandrian codex of the Septuagint and other Greek manuscripts. Librarian successively to Prince Henry, James I and Charles I. Author, biblical. Died Sept. 7, 1652. Buried at Bromfield, Essex. Brother of John (1606) and probably of the next. (Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.)
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| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vac | Younge, Patrick | 26/07/1618 | Prebendary | resignation | Chester Cathedral/ | View |