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VENN: LL.B. from TRINITY HALL, 1538; LL.D. 1542. S. of Robert, of Stradbrooke, Suffolk. Adm. advocate, 1550. Master of Trinity Hall, 1559-85. Vice-Chancellor, 1560. Archdeacon of Middlesex, 1551-4. Vicar-general of London and subsequently of the province of Canterbury. Precentor of St Paul's, 1554. R. of Littlebury, Essex, 1554-82. Commissioner for the detection of heretical books at Cambridge, 1556. Preb. of Salisbury, 1558-72; of Lichfield, 1559-61. Preb. of Ely, 1567-85. Master in Chancery, 1568. Died Feb. 20, 1584-5. Will 1585. Benefactor to Trinity Hall and other colleges. (Cooper, I. 505; D.N.B.; Trin. Hall Hist.) See also Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae for Ely - 8th Prebend 1554-?, 4th prebend 1567-85; also see Fasti for prebendaries of Salisbury, prebend of Torleton.
SEE OXFORD DNB: Harvey, Henry (d. 1585), civil lawyer and college head