SNELL, VYNER, second son of John Snell, Shenley, Herts., and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Very Rev. Thomas Vyner DD, Dean of Gloucester; bapt. St. Mary Woolnoth, London 7 May 1682 (IGI); adm.; KS 1699; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1702, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1702, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1703, matr. 1702/3; BA 1705/6; MA 1709; BD 1716; Minor Fellow 1 Oct 1708, Major Fellow 15 Apr 1709, Junior Bursar 1715-6; refused to sign petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley; ordained deacon 25 Feb 1710/1, priest 16 Mar 1711/2 (both London); Rector of Doddington, Cambs., from 12 Aug 1719; m. 8 May 1726 Margaret, dau. of Col. Peter Hall, Leventhorpe Hall, Swillington, Yorks.; d. 19 Mar 1751.