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VENN: Matric. sizar from MAGDALENE, Easter, 1616. Of Yorkshire. B. 1600, in Cleveland. Migrated to Peterhouse, Dec. 4, 1618, age 18. B.A. 1619/20; M.A. 1623; D.D. 1639. Incorp. at Oxford, 1645. R. of St Martin Orgar, London, 1628. R. of Sandon, Essex, 1635. R. of St Giles'-in-the-Fields, London, 1635-6. Preb. of St Paul's, 1639. Sequestered from St Martin Orgar, 1643; withdrew to Oxford and studied oriental languages. Fined as a delinquent, 1647; returned to London. Restored to his benefices, 1660. Bishop of Chester, 1660-1. Married (1) Ann Claxton, of Suffolk; (2) Jane, dau. of William Fuller, Bishop of Durham. Editor of the Polyglot Bible; issued it with the help of many scholars, 1654-7. Author, Introductio in Lectionem Linguarum Orientalium. Died Nov. 29, 1661. Buried in St Paul's Cathedral. Will, 'Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C. Father of the next. (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Walton, Brian (16001661), bishop of Chester and biblicist