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VENN: Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1737. S. of George, of the Middle Temple. B. in London. Exhibitioner from Tonbridge School. ' Matric. Michs. 1737; B.A. 1740-1; M.A. 1744; B.D. 1752; D.D. 1764. Fellow of Corpus Christi, 1745-59. Taxor, 1749. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1747; priest, June 5, 1748. R. of Brinkley, and Borough Green, Cambs., 1751. V. of Stow-cum-Quy, 1754. V. of St Benet, Cambridge, 1758. R. of Fulmodeston and Thirning, Norfolk, 1759-78. Master of Corpus Christi, July 7, 1764-78. Vice-Chancellor, 1764-5. Protobibliothecarius, 1769-78. Preb. of Lincoln, 1769. Died in College, June 17, 1778. (Masters; Lincs. Pedigrees.)