See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:COVENTRY (d. 1682)
, son of See also:John See also:Coventry, the second son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, See also:Lord Keeper Coventry, was returned to the See also:Long See also:Parliament in 164o as member for See also:Evesham
.
During the See also:Civil See also:War he served for the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, and at the Restoration was created a See also:knight
.
In 1667, and in the following parliaments of 1678, 1679 and 1681, he was elected for See also:Weymouth, and opposed the See also:government
.
On the 21st of See also:December 1670, owing to a jest made by Coventry in the See also:House of See also:Commons on the subject of the king's amours, See also:Sir Thomas See also:Sandys, an officer of the See also:guards, with other accomplices, by the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:Monmouth, and (it was said) with the approval of. the king himself, waylaid him as he was returning See also:home to See also:Suffolk See also:Street and slit his See also:nose to the See also:bone
.
The See also:outrage created an extraordinary sensation, and in consequence a measure known as the " Coventry See also:Act " was passed, declaring assaults accompanied by See also:personal See also:mutilation a See also:- FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel
felony without benefit of See also:clergy
.
Sir John died in 1682
.
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