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VENN (as WHITLOCK): Adm. at KING'S (age 17) a scholar from Eton, 23 Aug. 1537. Of Wokingham, Berks. S. of Richard, of Beche, near Wokingham. B.A. 1541/2; M.A. 1545; B.D. 1553. Fellow, 1540-60. Vice-Provost. Vicar of Prescot, Lancs., 1558-83. Rector of Greenford Magna, Middlesex, 1561-83. Preb. of Lichfield, 1561-83. Antiquary; continued to 1559, the manuscript chronicle of Thomas Chesterfield. Died 1583, at Lichfield. (Cooper, I. 484; Harwood; F.M.G., 1124; D.N.B.; Camden Soc., LXX. 3.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Whitelocke [Whitlock], William (c.15201584), historian.