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VENN: Matric. pens. from QUEENS', Michs. 1622. S. of Thomas (1584) (ID 60806), and nephew of John Davenant, Bishop of Salisbury. B. at Aldwincle, 1608. B.A. 1624-5; M.A. 1628; B.D. from Sidney, 1635; D.D. 1660. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) June 5, 1631. V. of St Benet's, Cambridge, 1631. Preb. of Sarum, 1631. R. of Broadwindsor, Dorset, 1634. Lecturer at the Savoy Chapel, 1640. P.C. of Waltham Abbey, Essex, c. 1649. Chaplain to Sir Ralph Hopton during the war. R. of Cranford, Middlesex, 1658-61. Went to the Hague, 1660, to meet Charles II. Chaplain to the King, 1660. Author, Church History, History of Cambridge, Worthies of England, etc. Died Aug. 15, 1661. 'Administration of Effects at a Probate Court.'Admon. Archd. (Middlesex) 1661. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. at Cranford. Father of John (1657) and probably of Thomas (1672). (D.N.B.)