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Venn and Foster
Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, 1723. S. of Walter (? William), R. of Strathfieldsay, Hants. Bapt. at Holy Trinity, Wareham, Nov. 7, 1705. ' Matric. 1724; B.A. 1727-8; M.A. 1731. Fellow, 1727. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 1, 1729; priest, Sept. 20, 1730. Chaplain to Archbishop Potter. R. of Aldington with Smeeth, Kent, 1739. R. of Saltwood, 1741-4. Archdeacon of Sudbury, 1741. D.D. Oxford, 1741. R. of Mersham, Kent, 1744-84. Treasurer of Chichester, 1750. Author, classical and polemical. Died Oct. 14, 1784, at Mersham. Buried there. (D.N.B.)