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Venn
Adm. pens. at QUEENS', Apr. 11, 1727. Of Essex. 3rd s. of William, merchant, of London (and Anne, dau. of Edward Crispe). B. May, 1711, at South Weald, Essex. School, Hackney. ' Matric. 1729; B.A. 1731-2; M.A. 1735. Fellow, 1734-40. Ord. deacon, 1733; priest (by Benj. Hoadly) 1735. R. of Wheatfield, Oxford, 1737-53. R. of Baughurst, Hants., 1744-5. V. of Portsmouth, 1745. R. of Ovington, 1753-5. V. of Crawley, 1755-85. Married Christian, dau. of Francis Fox, V. of St Mary's, Reading, Berks. Author, theological; espoused the Apollinarian heresy in The Apology of Ben Mordecai. Died Apr. 27, 1785. Buried at Crawley. (D.N.B.; A. B. Beaven; P. A. Taylor.)