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Venn
Adm. sizar at EMMANUEL, Sept. 13, 1690. S. of Anthony, of Kirk Ireton, Derbs. Bapt. July 17, 1672. School, Derby. Matric. 1690; B.A. 1694-5; M.A. 1698. Head Master of Derby School, 1697-1722. Head Master of Market Bosworth School, 1722-6 and 1729-30. Lecturer at All Saints', Derby. R. of Clapham, Surrey, 1726-9. Probably V. of Elvaston, Derbs., 1699-1723; and R. of Elmsthorpe, Leics., 1709. Classical scholar. Died at the Schoolhouse, Market Bosworth, Apr. 8, 1730. Father of Anthony, next
and Henry (1717). ( D.N.B. )