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Venn: Adm. pens. at CLARE, July 28, 1774. S. of James, cabinet-maker of Leeds [and Susanna, dau. of Richard Horncastle, surgeon, of Leeds]. B. at Leeds (not at York, as stated in Adm. Reg.), Jan. 18, 1757. ' Matric. Michs. 1775; Scholar; B.A. 1780; M.A. 1783. Fellow, 1783-90. Ord. deacon (Chester, Litt. dim. from York), July 27, 1779; priest (York) July 22, 1781; C. of Hovingham, Yorks., 1779. V. of Pontefract, 1809-41. Married, Sept. 2, 1789, at Whitby, Alice, dau. of William Skinner, shipowner. Died Sept. 1, 1841, at Tickhill; buried there.