VENN: B.A. from ST JOHN'S, 1599-1600. Of Essex. 4th s. of Mark, of Braintree. Bapt. Mar. 8, 1581. M.A. 1603; B.D. 1610; D.D. 1621. Fellow, 1602. V. of Little Raine, Essex, 1611-30. Buried there Jan. 3, 1630. By will (Consist. C. London) 1631, he leaves certain books to St John's College. Probably father of Mark (1641). (Vis. of Essex, 1634; J. Ch. Smith; Morant, II. 376.)