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VENN: Matric. pens. from CORPUS CHRISTI, Easter, 1583. S. of John, of Saltfleetby, Lincs. B. at Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorks. B.A. 1585-6; M.A. 1589. Ord. deacon (London) Sept. 19, 1595, age 37; priest, Apr. 24, 1597. V. of St Peter's, Colchester, 1600-29. Died 1629. Probably brother of John (1573) and Thomas (1583), father of Matthew (1626) and Thomas (1622). (Lincs. Pedigrees, 716.)
When ordained deacon, 19 Sept. 1595, commended by Mr John Cawsten, MA, chaplain to Bishop of London; and Thomas Newcomen, Rector of Heydon Essex, viva voce to bishop.
When ordained priest, 24 April 1596, noted as Constituted to serve cure of Haydon, Essex.