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VENN: Matric. pens. from CHRIST'S, July 8, 1611. 6th s. of Robert, of Charing, Kent, and Mark's Hall, Essex. B. in London, Oct. 1, 1597. B.A. 1614/5; M.A. 1618; B.D. 1636; D.D. 1660 ( Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1618-43. Taxor, 1623. Proctor, 1628. Incorp. at Oxford, 1621. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 1618; priest, Feb. 1618/9. R. of Kegworth, Leics., 1639-45 and 1660. Lived at Utrecht during the protectorate. Canon of Lincoln, 1660. Dean, 1660-81. Died Sept. 7, 1681. Will, 'Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C. Benefactor to Christ's and to Lincoln Cathedral library. Brother of Henry (1611), of Matthew (1606) and the next. (D.N.B.; Peile, I. 283; Vis. of Essex, 1634.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Honywood, Michael (15961681), dean of Lincoln.