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Venn
Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, 1711. S. of Timothy, parish clerk of Hampsthwaite, Yorks. Bapt. there, Dec. 8, 1693. ' Matric. Michs. 1712; B.A. 1715-6; M.A. 1719; B.D. 1728 (Com. Reg.). Fellow, 1715. Assistant Master at Eton. R. of Little Chishall, Essex, 1728-60. R. of Heydon, 1728. Head Master of Harrow, 1746-60. Chaplain to the Prince of Wales, 1748. Archdeacon of Surrey, 1753-60. Married, at St Bartholomew-the-Great, London, to Anne, dau. of John Woodward, of Butlers Marsdon, Warws., July 26, 1729. Died Sept. 25, 1760. Buried at Harrow. Will, P.C.C. Father of Elias (1750). (G. Mag.; Her. and Geneal., II. 320.)