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Born Kent, 1698.
VENN: Adm. at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1716. B. near Canterbury, Sept. 14, 1698. B.A. 1719-20; M.A. 1723; B.D. 1728 (Com. Reg.; adm. 1745). Fellow of Clare, 1720. Fellow of Corpus, 1722-9. Public orator, 1727-30. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 4, 1721; priest, Sept. 23, 1722. V. of Elm and Emneth, Isle of Ely, 1729. R. of Barley, Herts., 1731-50. Master of Corpus Christi, Feb. 20, 1744-5; till his death. Rector of St Paul's School, 1744. Vice-Chancellor, 1746-7. Preb. of Lincoln, 1747. Dean of Hereford, 1749. Died at Bath, June 6, 1750. Buried at Barley, Herts. M.I. (Masters; D.N.B.)
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