Edmund Gonville

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Edmund Gonville
Died	1351
Known for	Founder of Gonville Hall, Cambridge
Religion	Catholic ^[1]
Parents	William de Gonvile

Cambridge University, Gonville & Caius College, from King's Parade

Cambridge University, Gate of Honour, Gonville & Caius College

Edmund Gonville (died 1351) founded Gonville Hall in 1348, which later was re-founded by John Caius to become Gonville and Caius College. Gonville Hall was his third foundation. Before this he had founded two religious houses, a College at Rushworth, Norfolk, 1342 (suppressed in 1541) and the Hospital of St John at Lynn, Norfolk.^[2] The origin of his wealth is obscure.

His father was William Gonville, a Frenchman domiciled in England, who owned the Manor of Lerling and other property in Norfolk. William's eldest son was Sir Nicholas Gonville who married an heiress of the Lerling family.^[3]

Gonville worked for King Edward III of England, including lending him money. In return he was rewarded with appointment as King's clerk (a title later known as Secretary of State).^[1] After Gonville, supported by Sir Walter Manny, petitioned Edward III for permission to set up a college for 20 scholars at the University of Cambridge, permission was granted and Edward III issued Letters patent in January 1348.^[1]

Offices Held

Religious titles
Preceded by unknown	Rector of Thelnetham, Suffolk 1320-1326	Succeeded by unknown
Preceded by unknown	Rector of Rushford, Norfolk 13260-1342	Succeeded by unknown
Preceded by unknown	Rector of Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk 1342-1351	Succeeded by unknown

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edmund Gonville (Founder of Gonville Hall, Cambridge, 1348) , www.alchemipedia.blogspot.co.uk
↑ "Gonville, Edmund (GNVL320E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ 'The colleges and halls: Gonville and Caius', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. (1959), pp. 356-362. British History Online.

C. N. L. Brooke, ‘Gonville , Edmund (d. 1351)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 8 Sept 2008

External links

Edmund Gonville from the website of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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