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VENN: Matric. pens. from ST JOHN'S, Easter, 1569. Probably 2nd s. of Roger, of Clopton, Suffolk [styled R. of Clopton, in the Pedigree of the Essex Arch. Soc., XI. 241, but not so named in the Vis. of Leicester, 1619, which Pedigree was entered by a vounger son of Roger-another John, who was probably the Peterhouse man]. B.A. 1572-3; M.A. 1576. Ord. deacon (Ely) Apr. 17, 1575; priest, Apr. 15, 1576. Doubtless R. of Clopton, 1575-98, and perhaps V. of Branston, Lincs., 1576. Will (Prerogative Court of Canterbury.) 1598. (Essex Arch. Soc., XI. 241; Vis. of Leicester, 1619.)