VERNON, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS 1682; d. at school.
VILLA, JOHN, son of Peter Villa, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, and Anne Gibson; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 13 Oct 1670 (IGI); adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 16, scholar 1688, matr. 1687; BA 1690/1; ordained deacon 22 May 1692, priest 4 Jun 1699 [sic : check] (both Lincoln); Vicar of Sundon, Beds., 1692-8; Rector of Wakerley, Northants 4 May 1714-30; tutor to Princess Royal of Prussia (in 1729); Rector of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, from 3 Jul 1730; lic. to m. 15 Dec 1718 Deborah Horn, St. Martin’s, Stamford, Lincs.; d. 1736. [Presumably John Villa, London, who was at Padua, Italy, 11 May 1701].
VINCENT, EDWARD ODELL, son of Joseph Vincent, Oxford, proprietor and printer Oxford University Herald; b. 14 Apr 1835; adm. 5 Oct 1845 (Rigaud's); QS 1849; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1853, adm. 7 May 1853, scholar 1854; BA 1857; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1862 (both Oxford); Curate, Ducklington, Oxfordshire 1860-2, Northam, Devon 1864-8; Principal, Brixton Hill College, Surrey 1870-86; m. Frances E. M. A. --- (by 1881); d. 17 Feb 1927.
VINCENT, GEORGE, son of George Giles Vincent (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Jun 1807; adm. 10 Jan 1820; KS 1822; an attorney; Steward of the Manors of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; m. 14 Oct 1835 Caroline, sister of Charles Arthur Bedford (qv); d. 25 Mar 1851.
VINCENT, JOHN, son of John Vincent, Fontmell, Dorset, edge tool maker, and a younger brother of Thomas Vincent, Under Master; b.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1647, but he had been detained at school “through the exigence of warre” and was granted seniority at Christ Church as if he had been elected on 1 May 1646 (Burrows, ed., 1881, 268), Westminster Student (still 1663, no longer by Dec 1665); submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 14 Jul 1648 (Burrows, op. cit., 155); BA 1650; MA 1652; ordained; Curate, Benson, Oxfordshire 1655; d. St. Clement’s parish, Ipswich, Suffolk May 1665, when he was described as a “minister”, lately of Christ Church, Oxford (A. G. E. Jones, “The Great Plague in Ipswich 1665-1666”, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, 27-8, 1958, 89). Will made on board ship Unicorn at Harwich 12 Apr 1665, proved PCC 18 Sep 1665
VINCENT, THOMAS, son of George Giles Vincent (qv), and his second wife; b. 26 Nov 1819; adm. 20 Apr 1830; KS 1834; left 1838; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; BA 1842; MA 1845; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1842, priest 17 Dec 1843 (both Winchester); Curate, Long Sutton, Hampshire 1842-4, Bolney, Sussex 1845-6, Wantage, Berks., 1847-68; Chaplain, St. Mary’s Home for Penitents, Wantage, Berks., 1860-8; Rector of Pusey, Berks., 1868-89; author, Some Account of St. Mary’s Home for Penitents at Wantage, 1852, and other works; m. 6 Oct 1857 Dora, dau. of William Watkins, Badby, Northants; d. 4 Mar 1908.
VINER, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. John Viner, Kent; b.; adm. 1656; gave evidence before the Governors in the Busby and Bagshawe dispute 1657; KS (aged 14) 1660; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1663, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664, matr. 1663; BA 1666/7; MA 1670; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1668 - c. 1678.
Wade, John Roland, son of George Alfred Wade, of Twickenham, by Emily, daughter of John Benn, of Morley, Yorks; b. Oct. 11, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1909; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; Abbott Scholar, bracketed, 1910; 2nd class Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1912; 1st class Historical Tripos, pt. 2, 1913; B.A. 1912; a clerk in the War Office Oct. 5, 1914, a principal clerk Aug. 1921; asst. secretary 1936; asst. Under Secretary of State and Director of Establishments 1939; retired 1953; financial director of Remploy Ltd. 1954-60; C.B. June 11, 1942; m. July 3, 1928, Penelope Dorot hy, youngest daughter of James Haig Ferguson, M.D., F.R.C.P., of Edinburgh; d. 15 Jan. 1984.
WAINWRIGHT, THOMAS, brother of John Wainwright (qv); b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 9 Jun 1710, aged 18, Westminster Student from 18 Dec 1710, Tutor 1717-20; BA 1714; MA 1717; d. unm. 9 Mar 1721, . Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
WALKER, ALEXANDER, son of George Walker, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1730/1; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1740, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1740, scholar 10 Apr 1741, matr. 1740; BA 1743/4; MA 1747; of Barbados, West Indies.