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VENN: Matric. pens. from PETERHOUSE, Easter, 1631. S. of Isaac, of Spinney Abbey, Cambs. (by Katharine, dau. of Marlion Rythe, married at Twickenham, Nov. 12, 1610). (J. C. Smith.) B.A. 1632-3; M.A. 1636; D.D. 1660 ( Lit. Reg.). Ord. priest (Peterb.) Dec. 18, 1641. V. of Cherryhinton, Cambs., 1641. Fellow of Peterhouse; ejected 1644; restored 1660. Chaplain, New College, Oxford, 1643-5. Fellow of Eton, and R. of Downham, Cambs., 1660. Bishop of Sodor and Man, 1663-71; and Governor of the Island. Bishop of St Asaph, 1670-80. Died at Shrewsbury, June 21, 1680. Buried in St Asaph Cathedral. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. there. Half-brother of Isaac (1615) above. (D.N.B.; Le Neve, Mon., V. 2; T. A. Walker, 40.)
SEE DNB; Walker Revised, 78.