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GUNNING, Peter (1614-84)

Family and Education
b. 11 Jan. 1614, s. of Peter Gunning (1585–1615), vic. Hoo, Kent, and Ellen, sis. of Francis Tresse, gent. of Hoo, Kent. Hasted, Kent, iv. 518–33, 565–72. educ. King’s Sch. Canterbury; Clare, Camb. BA 1633, MA and fell. 1635, ejected 1644, DD 1660; ord. 1641; New Coll. Oxf. incorp. 1644, BD 1646. unm. d. 6 July 1684; will 25 Aug. 1679–26 June 1684, pr. 26 July 1684. TNA, PROB 11/376.
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Chap. to Charles II 1661 – 69.

Cur. St Mary the Less, Camb., c. 1635, Cassington, Oxon. 1644; chap. New, Oxf. 1644, to Sir Robert Shirley, 4th bt. bef. 1656; rect. Cottesmore, Rutland 1660 – 70, Stoke Bruerne, Northants. 1660–70 (presented 1649), Somersham, Hunts. 1662; canon Canterbury 1660 – 70.

Tutor to Christopher Hatton, later Visct. Hatton, and (Sir) Francis Compton‡ master, Corpus Christi, Camb. 1660 – 61; Lady Margaret Prof. Divinity, Camb. 1660 – 61; Regius Prof. Divinity, Camb. 1661; commr. Savoy conference 1661; Bodl. Tanner 282, f. 35. master, St John’s, Camb. 1662 – 69.

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oil on canvas by unknown artist, versions at Clare, St John’s, Old Schools, Camb., and as line engraving by D. Loggan, NPG D19281 and mezzotint by Isaac Beckett, NPG D11966; oil on canvas by unknown artist, St John’s, Camb.;  effigy, Ely cathedral.

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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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GULSTON, William (1636-84)

Family and Education
b. 1636, s. of Nathaniel Gulston (d.1648), rect. Wymondham, Leics. educ. Grantham Sch. (Mr Stokes); St John’s, Camb. matric. 1653, BA 1658, MA 1661, DD 1679. m. ?6 Feb. 1665, Ann Gulston (1642–bef. 1684), 2nd da. of Joseph Gulston, dean of Chichester, 1s. 1da. T. Nicholas, Annals and Antiq. of the Counties and County Fams. of Wales, i. 287; TNA, PROB 11/ 344 (Joseph Goulston); Bodl. Tanner 32, f. 32. d. 4 Apr. 1684; will 22 Mar. 1684, pr. 2 Dec. 1686. TNA, PROB 11/385.
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Chap. to duchess of Somerset bef. 1670 – 74; rect. Milston, Wilts. 1663 – 70, Wymondham, Leics. 1665, Nuthurst, Suss. 1669 – 74, Symondsbury, Dorset 1670 – 84; preb. Chichester 1666 – 84.

GOULSTON
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oil on canvas by unknown artist, Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives.

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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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GROVE, Robert (1634-96)

Family and Education
?bap. 29 Sept. 1634, St Giles Cripplegate, London, s. of William Grove of Morden, Dorset. educ. Winchester; Pembroke Coll. Oxf. matric. 1651; St John’s Coll. Camb., scholar 1653, BA 1657, fell. 1659, MA 1660, BD 1667, DD 1681. m. lic. 7 Apr. 1668, Elizabeth Cole of Lower Hardres, Kent, Canterbury Mar. Lic. iii. 199. 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.). d. 25 Sept. 1696; will 23 Sept. 1696, pr. 10 Nov. 1696. PRO, PROB 11/434.
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Chap. ord. 1690.

Chap. to Humphrey Henchman, bp. of London, 1667; rect. Wennington, Essex 1667 – 69, Langham, Essex 1669 – 70, Aldham, Essex 1669, St Andrew Undershaft, London 1670 – 91; preb. Willesden, St Paul’s Cathedral 1679 – 90; adn. Mdx. 1690 – 91.

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oil on canvas by unknown artist, St John’s College, Cambridge.

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Lords 1660-1715
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TALBOT, William (1658-1730)

Family and Education
bap. 22 July 1658, s. of William Talbot esq. (d.1686) of Kinver, Staffs. Staffs. RO, D1197/1/8, 13, 17. and Mary (d.1661), da. of Thomas Doughty of Whittington, Worcs. educ. Oriel, Oxf. matric. 1674, BA 1677, MA 1680, DD 1699; DD Lambeth 1691. m. (1) 1682, Katherine (d.1702), da. of Richard King of Upham, Wilts., alderman of London, stepda. of John Crispe, att. of Chipping Norton, Oxon. 8s. (5 d.v.p.), 2da.; (2) 3 Sept. 1703, Agnes (d. 24 Nov. 1730), da. of Sir William Hartopp of Rotherby, Leics. s.p. d. 10 Oct. 1730; will 12 Nov. 1723, pr. 6 Mar. 1731. TNA, PROB 11/643.
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Chap. to William III 1694 – 99; dean, chapel royal 1718 – 21.

Rect. Burghfield Berks. 1682; dean, Worcester 1691 – 1715.

Commr. building 50 new churches 1715–d.; Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches ed. M.H. Port (London Rec. Soc. xxiii), pp. xxxv-xxxvi. gov. Charterhouse 1721. Eg. 7843, 7844, 7875; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London.

Ld. lt. co. Dur. 1722, custos rot. 1722.

Founder mbr. Amicable Soc.

Associated with: Stourton Castle, Staffs.; incl. Golden Square, var. properties in Westminster (1715–21).
Likenesses

oil on canvas by G. Kneller, 1718, National Trust, Newton House, Dinefwr Park and Castle; engraving by G. Vertue (aft. Kneller) 1720 NPG D13916.

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