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Is discrepancy in dob between two ordination records simply a matter of the way the age has been calculated backwards? Both for deacon and priest say born in Berkshire: but 1709 on the former occasion, 1710 on the latter.
VENN: Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S. Mar. 26, 1728. S. of James, gent., of Berks. B. near Wantage. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. 1728; B.A. 1731-2; M.A. 1735; B.D. 1743. Fellow 1735-54. Ord. deacon (Ely) Mar. 5, 1731-2; priest, June 29, 1734. R. of Holme, Spalding Moor, Lincs., 1753-84. R. of Armthorpe, 1768-84. Preb. of Lincoln, 1772. Died June 17, 1784. Brother of Thomas (1730) and James (1731).