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Fellow of St John's at time of ordination (priest)1752.
VENN: Adm. sizar (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 1, 1740. S. of Edmund, gent., of Middlesex (citizen and Merchant Taylor). B. at Clerkenwell, London. School, Westminster. ' Matric. 1740-1; B.A. 1744-5; M.A. 1748; B.D. 1756. Fellow, 1748. President, 1767-75. F.S.A. 1775. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 1746; priest (Ely) May 24, 1752. R. of Hungarton, Leics., 1757-69. R. of Twyford, 1757-66. R. of Barrow, Suffolk, 1774. R. of Stansfield, 1780. Known as an antiquary. Died at Barrow, June 12, 1808. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. there. (D.N.B.; Nichols, III. 300.)
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