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VENN: Matric. pens. from TRINITY, c. 1597. 2nd s. of Peter, of Hexton, Herts., and grandson of Richard, clerk of the Signet to Henry VIII, and of Woodeaton, Oxon. School, Westminster. Scholar, 1599; B.A. 1601-2; M.A. 1605. Incorp. at Oxford, 1606. Secretary to Dr King, Bishop of London. Professor of Music at Gresham College, 1610-38. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 24, 1620; priest, Mar. 13, 1624-5. V. of Tillingham, Essex, 1624-9. V. of Hexton, Herts., 1629-38. R. of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, 1629-38. Died Aug. 1638. Buried at Stoke Newington. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Will dated, Aug. 26; proved, Aug. 29, 1638. (Vis. of Herts., 1634; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.; Clutterbuck, III. 10.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: John Taverner (15841638), Church of England clergyman.