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VENN (as MERBURY or MARBURY): Matric. pens. from TRINITY, c. 1597. S. of John. B. at Warden, Beds. Bapt. Sept. 24, 1581. Scholar, 1602; B.A. (? 1602-3); M.A. 1606. Incorp. at Oxford, 1606. Ord. deacon (Coventry); priest (London) June 3, 1610, age 27. R. of St James', Garlickhithe, 1613-42. R. of St Peter's, Paul's Wharf, London, 1632-45, sequestered. Licensed (London, Nov. 10, 1617) to marry Margaret, dau. of Henry Cave, of Ingersby, Leics. (Cave ped.; Vis. of Leics.)
Ordained deacon by George Abbot when Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield.