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VENN: Matric. sizar from CHRIST'S, Easter, 1603. 2nd s. of Thomas, of Bentcliffe, Lancs., gent. Bapt. July 15, 1588, at Eccles, Lancs. B.A. 1606-7; M.A. 1610. Ord. deacon (London) Sept. 1610, age 24. Lecturer at Watford, Herts., 1613. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Aug. 6, 1615. R. of Aldingham, Lancs., 1623-5. R. of Chalfont St Giles', Bucks., 1625-60. Chaplain of the Almshouse, Watford; deprived, 1661. Author, sermon, etc. Died c. 1665. (Peile, I. 245; Lipscomb, III. 228.)No evidence as yet for ordination as priest.
Chalfont St Giles appointment (1625) not yet linked.
Certainty coding on appointment to Aldingham corrected from 3 to 1.