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VERNON, FRANCIS, son of Francis Vernon, London, and Ann, widow of William Welby, Gedney, Lincs., and dau. of George Smithes, London, goldsmith [Alderman of London ?]; b.; adm.; KS 1649; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654, Westminster Student; BA 28 Jan 1657/8; MA 1660; a great traveller; on one of his expeditions he was taken by pirates and sold; Secretary to Embassy, Sweden 1668, Paris 1669-71; a medium of communication between French and English scientists; FRS 22 May 1672; travelled through Dalmatia and Greece to Persia; author, Oxonium, Poema; his MS journal for 8 Jul 1675 - 14 Sep 1676 is in the possession of the Royal Society; murdered near Ispahan, Persia, during a quarrel about a penknife 1677. DNB.

VERNON, EDWARD, son of John Vernon, Sudbury, Derbs., Quarter-Master General for Ireland, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Fulk Walwyn, Much Marcle, Herefs.; b.; adm.; KS 1683; left 1685; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 13 Feb 1685/6, aged 16, matr. 1686; MA Lambeth 1698; ordained; Rector of Redmile, Leics., from 10 Mar 1698; Rector of Muston, Leics., 12 May 1706-38; an antiquary; m. 9 Jul 1692 (IGI) Lettice, dau. of John Banks, Uttoxeter, Staffs.; d. 23 Dec 1742.

VENNER, JOHN, son of William Venner, Lichfield, Staffs., and Mary ---; b.; in school list 1738; KS (aged 14) 1741.

VENABLES-VERNON, EDWARD, second son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b.; adm. 14 Mar 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1799; Capt. of the School 1803; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1804, matr. 16 May 1804, Westminster Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1805; d. 25 Jan 1806. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

VAUX, HENRY EDWARD, eldest son of John Vaux, Bramfield, Herts., and Louisa --- (IGI); nephew of William Vaux (qv); b. 14 Jul 1801; adm. 9 Feb 1815 (G); KS 1816; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1820, but went to Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Mar 1822; Craven Scholar 1822; Deputy Assistant Commissary-General 5 Oct 1832; Commissary to troops on Norfolk Island, New South Wales 1832; drowned off the coast of Norfolk Island 4 Mar 1834.

VAUGHAN, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS ; a letter from him to Lord Burghley, dated 7 Jan 1572/3, is preserved in the British Library (Lansdowne MS xvi, 37).

VAUGHAN, ROBERT; b.; Min. Can. 1636; KS in 1638 (WAM 34165).

VAUGHAN, RICHARD, of London (“pleb. f. ”); b.; adm.; KS 16 Nov 1610; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1614, matr. 14 Mar 1616/7, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1623; BA 1618; MA 1622; ordained deacon 23 May 1619, priest 11 Jun 1620 (both Oxford).

VAUGHAN, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS 1679; buried Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 27 Aug 1680.

VATAS, PETER, son of Peter Vatas MD, Wardour Street, London, medical practitioner, and Mary Anne, dau. of Jean Henri Hervart du Fort, The Hague, Netherlands; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1730; KS 1732; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 14 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 - void 22 Nov 1780 (expiry year of grace as Perp. C. Caversham from 18 Nov 1779); BA 1741; MA 7 Mar 1743/4; ordained deacon Dec 1742, priest Dec 1743 (both Oxford); Chaplain, 14th Light Dragoons, from 24 Dec 1745; Perpetual Curate of Caversham, Oxfordshire, from 1747; Rector of Whitton-cum-Thurlston, Suffolk 1780; Rector of Little Warley, Essex, from 1780; d. 4 Jan 1800.