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VENN: B.A. 1546-7. 6th s. of Richard. B. in Lancashire. M.A. 1549; B.D. 1560. Fellow of PEMBROKE, 1547. University preacher, 1561. Ord. priest (London) Jan. 24, 1559-60. Preb. of St Paul's, 1560-2. Canon of Durham, 1561-1603. Archdeacon of Durham, 1563-1603. R. of Easington, 1563-1603. Buried at St Oswald's, Durham, Oct. 31, 1603. (The date of his death is variously given.) Will dated, Aug. 18, 1603; proved at Durham the same year. Brother of James (1538-9), Leonard (1544) and Lawrence, father of the next, of Abraham (1588) and probably of Samuel (1587). (Cooper, II. 358; H. M. Wood; Vis. of Durham; Pilkington Genealogy, 16; D.N.B.)
Brother of James [29267], Laurence [29268] and Leonard [31847] Pilkington.