Edmund Gonville

Edmund Gonville (died 1351) was a parish priest who founded Gonville Hall (1349), since 1557 Gonville and Caius College, at the University of Cambridge. He was the son of William de Gonvile and the brother of Sir Nicholas Gonvile. He served as rector of Thelnetham in Suffolk (1320–26), of Rushford (1326–42), and of Terrington St. Clement in Norfolk (1343–51). Gonville founded Gonville Hall under a charter granted by Edward III in 1348. Its original site...