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VENN: Adm. pens. (age 14) at CHRIST'S, Mar. 15, 1668-9. S. of Samuel. B. at St Werbergh, Derby. School, Derby (Mr Stones). Matric. 1669; B.A. 1672-3; M.A. 1676. Ord. deacon (Lichfield) Sept. 1673; priest, June, 1674. At Burton-on-Trent (date unknown). R. of Yoxall, Staffs., 1683-1728. Married Mary, dau. of John Noble, of Chorley, Lancs. Died at Yoxall, Aug. 16, 1728, aged 75. Monumental inscription. Will proved, Nov. 13, 1728. Brother of Samuel (1676) and father of Thomas (1713). (Peile, II. 18; Shaw, I. 101.)