Peter Gunning
Peter Gunning (1614 – 6 July 1684) was an English Royalist church leader, Bishop of Chichester and later of Ely.
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Life
He was born at Hoo St Werburgh, in Kent, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1633.[1] Having taken orders, he advocated the Royalist cause eloquently from the pulpit. In 1644, during the English Civil War, he retired to Oxford, and held a chaplaincy at New College until the city surrendered to the Parliamentary forces in 1646. Subsequently he was chaplain, first to the royalist Sir Robert Shirley of Eatington (1629–1656), and then at the Exeter House chapel. After the Restoration in 1660 he was installed as a canon of Canterbury Cathedral. In the same year he returned to Clare College as Master, and was appointed Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity. He also received the livings of Cottesmore, Rutland, and Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire.
In 1661 he became head of St John's College, Cambridge, and was elected Regius Professor of Divinity. He was consecrated bishop of Chichester in 1669, and was translated to the see of Ely in 1674–1675. Holding moderate religious views, he disliked equally Puritanism and Roman Catholicism.
Works
His works are chiefly reports of his disputations, such as that which appears in the Scisme Unmask't (Paris, 1658), in which the definition of a schism is discussed with two Romanist opponents John Spenser and John Lenthall.[2]
Family
A relative of his, Sir Robert Gunning, became a famous diplomat.
References
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| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1661–1661 |
Succeeded by Francis Wilford |
| Preceded by | Master of St John's College, Cambridge 1661–1670 |
Succeeded by Francis Turner |
| Preceded by | Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge 1661—1674 |
Succeeded by Joseph Beaumont |
| Church of England titles | ||
| Preceded by | Bishop of Chichester 1670–1675 |
Succeeded by Ralph Brideoake |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Ely 1675–1684 |
Succeeded by Francis Turner |
- Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference
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- 1614 births
- 1684 deaths
- People from Hoo St Werburgh
- English theologians
- Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
- Bishops of Chichester
- Bishops of Ely
- Masters of St John's College, Cambridge
- 17th-century Anglican bishops
- Participants in the Savoy Conference
- Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- People educated at The King's School, Canterbury
- English male writers
