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VENN (as YOUNG): M.A. from SIDNEY, 1606 (Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. from St Andrews). [Confused by Foster, in Al. Oxon. with John (above).] S. of Sir Peter, of Seaton, Forfarshire, tutor to James I. B. at Angus, N.B. Fellow of Sidney, 1606. Ord. priest (London) Dec. 23, 1610, age 25. Said to have been one of the first Scotchmen to graduate at Cambridge. Preb. and Chancellor of Wells, 1611; B.D. Dean of Winchester, 1616; ;D.D.;; ejected, c. 1644. R. of Over Wallop, Hants., 1620-54. Died 1654. Buried at Over Wallop, Hants. Will ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) 1654. Brother of Patrick (1620) and probably of Peter (1615), father of John (1641). (Lipscomb, III. 565; Le Neve, Fasti, III. 22.)