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VENN: Adm. at KING'S (age 17) a scholar from Eton, Aug. 27, 1576. Of London. 2nd s. of Robert, merchant. ' Matric. 1576; B.A. 1580-1; M.A. 1584; D.D. 1597. Fellow, 1579-89. Incorp. at Oxford, 1618. Ord. deacon and priest (Lincoln) Sept. 12, 1587. Chaplain to Henry, Prince of Wales, and to the Earl of Essex. R. of Malpas (Med.), Cheshire, 1590. R. of Tiverton (Pitt), Devon, 1597-1630. R. of Stoke-in-Teignhead, 1597-1630. Archdeacon of Berks., and V. of North Moreton, Berks., 1605-30. Imprisoned in the Tower, 1614, on charge of sedition. R. of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, until 1630. Author, religious. Died Jan. 1, 1630-1. Buried at Boughton Malherbe. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. there. Brother of William (1581), etc. (Vis. of Devon, 1620; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.)
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Preacher in 1592.