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SIR JOHN COVENTRY (d. 1682)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 340 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JOHN See also:COVENTRY (d. 1682)  , son of See also:John See also:Coventry, the second son of See also: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, 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 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 without benefit of See also:clergy . Sir John died in 1682 .

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