Comments
Venn
Adm. sizar at CLARE, 08 Oct., 1694. Of Tamworth [ Staffordshire]. S. of Robert, mercer. Matric. 1696; B.A. 1699/1700; M.A. 1703; D.D. 1728 (Com. Reg.). Fellow, 1703-30. Senior proctor, 1727-8. Founded scholarships at Clare. Ord. priest (London) 24 Sep., 1705. V. of Everton, Bedfordshire ; and Tetworth, Huntingdonshire , 1723-30. An eccentric philosophical writer.
Died at Tamworth [ Staffordshire ], 16 Aug. 1730; buried at All Saints', Cambridge [ Cambridgeshire ], 16 Aug., 1730. Will proved (P.C.C.) 1743. (D.N.B.)