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VENN: Adm. sizar (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 3, 1699. S. of John (1672), clerk. B. at Witton-le-Wear, Durham. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. 1699. Master of Hexham Grammar School, 1701-4. Ord. priest (London) Dec. 24, 1704, ;B.A.; Held curacies at Richmond, Ealing and Finchley, and for some time lived in extreme poverty. Minister of the English Church at Amsterdam, 1713. V. of Beenham Valence, Berks., 1733. Author, History of the Bible, etc. Died Oct. 11, 1752. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. at Beenham Valence. (H. M. Wood; G. Mag.; D.N.B.)