GONVILLE, EDMUND (d. 135I), founder of Gonville Hall, now Gonville and Caius College, at Cambridge, England, is thought to have been the son of William de Gonvile, and the brother of Sir Nicholas Gonvile. The foundation of Gonville Hall at Cambridge was effected by a charter granted by Edward III. in 1348. It was called, officially, the Hall of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, but was usually known as Gunnell or Gonville Hall. Its original site was in Free-school Lane, where Corpus Christi college now stands. Gonvile apparently wished it to be devoted to training for theological study, but after his death the founda tion was completed by William Bateman, bishop of Norwich and founder of Trinity Hall, on a different site and with con siderably altered statutes. (See also CANS, JOHN.)