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VENN (as COVEL or COVILL): Adm. sizar (age 16) at CHRIST'S, Mar. 31, 1654. S. of William. B. at Horningsheath, Suffolk, Apr. 2, 1638. School, Bury. ' Matric. 1654; B.A. 1657-8; M.A. 1661; D.D. 1679 ( Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1659-82. Master, 1688-1722. Vice-Chancellor, 1688-9, 1708-9. Chaplain to the Levant Company, 1670-6. Lady Margaret preacher, 1679. R. of Littlebury, Essex, 1681. R. of Kegworth. Leics., 1681. Chaplain to the Princess of Orange, at the Hague, 1682-5. Chancellor of York, 1687. Author, Account of the Greek Church. His Journals are in the British Museum. Died Dec. 19, 1722. Buried in the College Chapel. (D.N.B.; Peile, I. 561.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Covel [Colvill], John (16381722), college head