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Venn; Foster; ODNB
Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, May 14, 1631, age 18. S. of George, of Witherslack, Westmorland, husbandman. School, Sedbergh. Matric. 1631; Scholar; B.A. 1634-5; M.A. 1638; D.D. 1660 ( Lit. Reg. ). Fellow, 1636-44; ejected. B.D. (Oxford) 1646. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Dec. 20, 1640. Chaplain to Bishop Morton of Durham. Canon of Durham, 1641. R. of Houghton-le-Spring and Wolsingham, 1645-61. Chaplain to the King. Imprisoned in the Tower, 1650-2, on a charge of high treason. Dean of Durham, 1660. Canon and Dean of St Paul's, 1661-4. R. of Therfield, Herts., 1662-4. Benefactor to St John's. Died Oct. 22, 1664. M.I. in St Paul's. Will (P.C.C.). Brother of Peter. ( Al. Oxon.; D.N.B. )