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VENN: Adm. pens. (age 17) at PETERHOUSE, Feb. 22, 1670-1. Of Northants. School, Westminster. ' Matric. 1671; Scholar, 1671; B.A. 1674-5; M.A. 1678; D.D. 1696. Fellow, 1677-87. Minor Canon of Westminster. R. of Stevenage, Herts., 1680-1723. Preb. of Lincoln, 1704. R. of Abington Piggotts, Cambs., 1719-23. Died Apr. 6, 1723. (Al. Westmon., 169; Shaw, II. App. 5; Walker, 144.)
Venn details for Joseph Bentham, DD by 1718 here. The subscription is perhaps the weakest link, with no educational details recorded to confirm (and there is a gap of some years between graduation and proceeding MA and ordination as deacon). However, there is only Joseph Bentham in Foster or Venn at the right date - the above. If ordination as priest survives in another diocese, that may provide details to confirm linkage of 1684 and 1718-1723 Joseph Bentham.
Yes. Ord. priest Lincoln 1685 q.v.