GUNNING, Peter (1614-84)
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;
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.
