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VENN: Matric. pens. from TRINITY, Easter, 1612. 3rd s. of Thomas, of Spalding, Lincs., gent. B. 1594. Scholar, 1614; B.A. 1615-6; M.A. 1619; D.D. 1630. Fellow, 1618. Incorp. at Oxford, 1619. R. of Stansfield, Suffolk, 1621-35. Minister of St Margaret's, Westminster, 1630, sequestered. Preb. of Wells, 1632. R. of Englefield, Berks., 1635. Preb. of Westminster, 1643. Chaplain to Charles I. Suffered imprisonment during the Commonwealth. Married three wives. Died Nov. 23, 1653. Buried in St Margaret's. Will ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) 1654. Brother of Bevil (above) and of the next. (Lincs. Pedigrees, 1093; J. Ch. Smith.)
See Walker Revised, pp. 62-3.