Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

GONVILE, EDMUND (d. 1351)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 235 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

GONVILE, See also:EDMUND (d. 1351) , founder of Gonville See also:Hall, now Gonville and See also:Caius See also:College, at See also:Cambridge, See also:England, is thought to have been the son of See also:William de Gonvile, and the See also:brother of See also:Sir See also:Nicholas Gonvile. In 1320 he was See also:rector of Thelnetham, See also:Suffolk, and steward there for William, See also:earl See also:Warren and the earl of See also:Lancaster. Six years later he was rector of See also:Rushworth, and in 1342 rector of Terrington St See also:John and See also:commissioner for the marshlands of See also:Norfolk. In this See also:year he founded and endowed a collegiate See also:church at Rushworth, sup-pressed in 1541. The See also:foundation of Gonville Hall at Cambridge was effected by a See also:charter granted by See also:Edward III. in 1348. It was called, officially, the Hall of the See also:Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, but was usually known as Gunnell or Gonville Hall. Its See also:original site was in See also:Free-school See also:Lane, • where Corpus Christi College now stands. Gonvile apparently wished it to be devoted to training for theological study, but after his See also:death the foundation was completed by William See also:Bateman, See also:bishop of See also:Norwich and founder of Trinity Hall, on a different site and with considerably altered statutes.

End of Article: GONVILE, EDMUND (d. 1351)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
GONTAUT, MARIE JOSEPHINE LOUISE
[next]
GONZAGA