VENN
Adm. sizar (age 21) at CAIUS, Feb. 9, 1771. S. of John, plasterer, of Fressingfield, Suffolk. B. there [Apr. 6, 1749]. School, St Paul's. Worked with his father at bricklaying until he was 12, "when the Rev. Mr Warnes noticed him sitting reading beside his hod of mortar". ' Matric. Michs. 1772; B.A. (Senior Wrangler and 1st Smith's prize) 1775. Migrated to Sidney, Oct. 24, 1777; Samuel Taylor Lecturer (but not, as stated in D.N.B., a Fellow); M.A. 1778. Plumian Professor of Astronomy, 1796-1821. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Sept. 12, 1779; priest, Sept. 19, 1779. R. of Kirby Bedon, Norfolk, 1784-1821. V. of South Creake, 1786-1821. Preb. of Lincoln, 1803. C. of Milton, Cambs., 1789-1813. Archdeacon of Bedford, 1809. F.R.S., 1786; Copley medal. "An accomplished mathematician and an amiable man." Married, 1780, Mary, dau. of Thomas Paris. Author, On Friction; On Resistance of Fluids; Treatise on Practical Astronomy; Complete System of Astronomy; The Credibility of Christianity Vindicated; Sermons; etc. Died at Ramsgate, Nov. 28, 1821. Father of the next. (Venn, II. 90; D.N.B.; Gilbert Wakefield, Memoirs, 134-5; E. H. Kinder, Hist. of Kirby Bedon; P. B. G. Binnall.)
| dob | Birthplace | Age at | Date | Type | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/4/1749 | Fressingfield | 0 | 19/9/1779 | Ord | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ord | Vince, Samuel | 12/09/1779 | MA | Cambridge | View |
| Ord | Vince, Samuel | 19/09/1779 | MA | Cambridge | View |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 03/12/1779 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 03/12/1779 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 10/04/1784 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 11/08/1784 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 25/04/1786 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 17/08/1786 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 01/04/1789 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 10/01/1803 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 12/01/1809 | MA | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ord | Vince, Samuel | 12/09/1779 | deacon | ordination | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ord | Vince, Samuel | 19/09/1779 | priest | ordination | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 03/12/1779 | Vicar | Institution | Chapel of Alsewick and Buntingford/ | View |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 03/12/1779 | Vicar | Institution | Layston/ | View |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 11/08/1784 | Vicar | Institution | Leyston with Alleswick and Buntingford Chapel/ | View |
| Vac | Vince, Samuel | 11/08/1784 | Vicar | cession | Leyston with Alleswick and Buntingford Chapel/ | View |
| Appt | Vince, Samuel | 25/04/1786 | Vicar | Resignation | Layston/ | View |
| Vac | Vince, Samuel | 29/04/1786 | Vicar | resignation | Layston with the Chapel of Buntingford/ | View |