VENN: of TRINITY HALL. S. of John, town clerk of Cambridge (s. of Thomas, of Norfolk, according to Carthew, Launditch, III. 93). B. 1506. B.Civ.L. 1520-1; D.Civ.L. 1527-8; D.Can.L. 1529-30. Fellow of Trinity Hall. Incorp. at Oxford, 1555-6. R. of Ribchester, Lancs., 1532-42. Chaplain to the King, 1533. Provost of the Collegiate Church of St Edmund, at Salisbury, 1534. Patronised by Cranmer and commended by him to Henry VIII. Archdeacon of Ely, 1534-40. Dean of the Chapel Royal, c. 1535. A member of the Council of the North, 1536. Preb. of Salisbury, 1537-40. Bishop of Westminster, 1540-50. As prolocutor of the Canterbury Convocation, signed decree annulling Henry VIII's marriage with Anne of Cleves, 1540. P.C., 1542. Bishop of Norwich, 1550-4. Bishop of Ely, 1554-9, deprived. Much employed in embassies abroad, and state affairs at home. Presided at the trial of Bishop Hooper and others; assisted at the degradation of Cranmer, 1556. Preached against the Reformation; imprisoned in the Tower, 1560; afterwards removed to Lambeth Palace and committed to the keeping of Archbishop Parker. Died Aug. 26, 1570. Buried at Lambeth. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Benefactor to Jesus College and Trinity Hall. (Cooper, I. 287; D.N.B.; Blomefield, III. 550; Al. Oxon.)
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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| Vac | Thirleby, Thomas | 09/01/1541 | Prebendary | Promotion | Salisbury Cathedral/Prebend of Yetmyster prima | View |