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Ordination (deacon) entry records born Dorset 1722. Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.
VENN: Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 21, 1740. S. of Samuel (1700), former fellow of the College, V. of Shapwick, Dorset. B. at Shapwick. School, Wimborne. ' Matric. 1740; B.A. 1743-4; M.A. 1747. Fellow, 1747-55. Ord. deacon (Ely) Apr. 1748; priest, June 4, 1750. V. of Fenstanton, Hunts., 1750-70. Headmaster of Pocklington School, 1754-1807. R. of Routh, Yorks., 1769-1807. V. of E. Wickham, Lincs. (?), 1781-1807. Died Apr. 11, 1807. Buried at Pocklington. (Scott-Mayor, III. 504.)