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Venn: Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, May 9, 1778. Of Yorks. S. of James. [Bapt. Apr. 12, 1759, at Sedbergh.] School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1778; Scholar, 1781; B.A. 1782; M.A. 1785. Ord. deacon (Ely, Litt. dim. from York) Mar. 24, 1782; priest (York) Oct. 12, 1783; C. of Patrington, Yorks., 1783. V. of Wetwang. Chaplain to Gregory William, Lord Saye and Sele. V. of Kirkby Grindalyth, Yorks., 1789. Preb. of York. V. of Sledmere, 1824. Died 1833, at Crome, near Sledmere. [His stature was so large that his coffin measured seven feet five inches.]