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VENN: B.A. from ST JOHN'S, 1608-9. B. at Hawkshead-in-Furness Fells, Lancs. School, Hawkshead. M.A. 1612; B.D. 1619. Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. at Oxford, 1621. Ord. deacon (London) Sept. 22, 1611, age 28; ;C. of Ware, Herts.;; priest, June 7, 1612. Chaplain to Nicholas Felton, Bishop of Ely. R. of St John the Evangelist, Watling Street, London, 1614-51. Engaged in controversies with Socinians, 1614, and with Romanists, 1623. Censured by Laud, 1635. Imprisoned for factious preaching, 1638-41. Member of the Westminster Assembly, 1643. Author, controversial. Died 1651. Will ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) 1651-2. (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Walker, George (bap. 1582?, d. 1651), Church of England clergyman.
When ordained deacon, described as constituted to serve cure of Ware, Herts. (2/9/1611); when he was ordained priest on 7/6/1612 he was described as now curate of Ware.