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Venn: Adm. sizar (age 15) at TRINITY, May 9, 1683. S. of William, of Norwich. School, Norwich (Mr Joh. Burton). ' Matric. 1683; Scholar, 1685; B.A. 1686-7; M.A. 1690; D.D. 1717 ('=<IT+>Comitia Regia. Certain gatherings of the Senate of the University at which royal personages were present and degrees specially conferred.'Com. Reg.). Fellow, 1689. Chaplain to the English factory at Hamburg. R. of Hansworth, Yorks., 1693-1740. Chaplain to the King, 1717-27. Dean of Peterborough, 1725-40. R. of Aston, Yorks., 1731-40. Died July 17, 1740, aged 73. Buried in Peterborough Cathedral.
Ledger slab and wall monument in Peterborough Cathedral observed by RAB 2018. Confirms date of death, gives age as 'Aet. LXXIIII'