1ST See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON 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:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• 1ST BARON THOMAS COVENTRY COVENTRY (2578–1640)

COVENTRY COVENTRY (2578–1640)  , See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord keeper of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, eldest son of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry, See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the See also:

• COMMON

common pleas (a descendant of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Coventry, lord See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of See also:

• LONDON

London in the reign of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VI.), and of See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret See also:

• JEFFREYS, GEORGE JEFFREYS, 1ST BARON (1648-1689)

Jeffreys of Earls Croome, or Croome D'Abitot, in See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1578 . He entered Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, in 1592, and the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple in 1594, becoming bencher of the society in 1614, reader in 1616, and holding the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of treasurer from 1617 till 1621 . His exceptional legal abilities were rewarded See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early with See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official promotion . On the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1616 he was made See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of London in spite of See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon's opposition, who, although allowing him to be " a well trained and an honest See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man," objected that he was " bred by my Lord See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke and seasoned in his ways." 1 On the 14th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1617 he was appointed See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and was knighted; was returned for See also:

• DROITWICH

Droitwich to the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament of 1621; and on the uth of See also:

• JANUARY

January in that' See also:

• YEAR

year was made See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general . He took See also:

• PART

part in the proceedings against Bacon for corruption, and was manager for the See also:

• COMMONS

Commons in the See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FLOYD, JOHN (1572–1649)
• FLOYD, JOHN BUCHANAN (1807–1863)

Floyd for insulting the elector and electress See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine . On the 1st of November 1625 he was made lord keeper of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal; in this capacity he delivered 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's reprimand to the Commons on the 29th of March 1626; when he declared that " See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of counsel " alone belonged to them and not " liberty of See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control." On the loth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1628 he received the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Coventry of Aylesborough in Worcestershire . At the 1 See also:

• SPEDDING, JAMES (18o8–1881)

Spedding's Bacon. vi . 97 . opening of parliament in 1628 he threatened that the king would use his See also:

• PREROGATIVE

prerogative if further thwarted in the See also:

• MATTER

matter of supplies . In the subsequent debates, however, while strongly supporting the king's prerogative against the claims of the parliament to executive See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, he favoured a policy of moderation and See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise . He defended the right of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council to commit to See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison without showing cause, and to issue " general " warrants; though he allowed it should only be employed in See also:

• SPECIAL

special circumstances, disapproved of the king's sudden See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of parliament, and agreed to the liberation on See also:

• BAIL

bail of the seven imprisoned members on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of their giving See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security for their See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good behaviour . He showed less subservience than Bacon to Ruckingham, and his resistance to the latter's pretensions to the office of lord high See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable greatly incensed the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke .

See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham taunted Coventry with having gained his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by his favour; to which the lord keeper replied, " Did I conceive I had my place by your favour, I would presently unmake myself by returning the seal to his See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty." 1 After this See also:

• DEFIANCE

defiance Buckingham's sudden See also:

• DEATH

death alone probably prevented Coventry's displacement . He passed See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of death on Lord See also:

• AUDLEY, or AUDELEY, SIR JAMES (c. 1316-1386)
• AUDLEY, THOMAS AUDLEY, BARON (c. 1488-1544)

Audley in 1631, drafted and enforced the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1632 ordering the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country gentlemen to leave London, and in 1634 joined in See also:

• LAUD (Lat. laws)
• LAUD, WILLIAM (1573-1645)

Laud's attack on the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland for peculation . The same year, in an address to the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, he supported the proposed See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy of See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• MONEY

money on the inland as well as the maritime counties on the plea of the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of effectually arming, " so that they might not be enforced to fight," " the wooden walls " being in his See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion " the best walls of this See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom." 2 In the See also:

• STAR

Star Chamber Coventry was one of See also:

• LILBURNE, JOHN (c. 1614-1657)

Lilburne's judges in 1637, but he generally showed conspicuous moderation, inclining to leniency in the cases of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

Chambers in 1629 for seditious speeches, and of Henry Sherfield in 1632 for breaking painted See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass in a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . He prevented also the See also:

• HANGING

hanging of men for resistance to See also:

• IMPRESSMENT

impressment, and pointed out its illegality, since the men were not subject to See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . While contributing See also:

• THIRTY

thirty See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse to the Scottish expedition in 1638, and lending the king £ro,000 in 1639, he gave no support to the forced See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan levied upon the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in the latter year . He died on the 14th of January 1640 . Lord Coventry held the great seal for nearly fifteen years, and was enabled to collect a large See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . He was an able judge, and he issued some important orders in See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery, probably alluded to by See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, who ascribes to him a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract on " The Fees of all law See also:

• OFFICERS

Officers." 3 See also:

• WHITELOCKE, BULSTRODE (1605-1675)
• WHITELOCKE, SIR JAMES (1570-1632)

Whitelocke accuses him of mediocrity,4 but his contemporaries in general have See also:

• UNITED

united in extolling his judicial ability, his See also:

• QUICK

quick despatch of business and his See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound and See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon in particular praises his statesmanship, and compares his capacity with Lord See also:

• STRAFFORD, EARLS OF
• STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL

Strafford's, adding, however, that he seldom spoke in the council except on legal business and had little See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in See also:

• POLITICAL

political affairs; to the latter circumstance he owed his exceptional popularity . He describes him as having " in the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain way of speaking and delivery a See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange power of making himself believed," as a man of " not only See also:

• FIRM

firm gravity but a severity and even some morosity," as " rather exceedingly liked than passionately loved." Lord Coventry married (1) Sarah, daughter of Sir Edward Sebright of Besford in Worcestershire, by whom besides a daughter he had one son, Thomas, who succeeded him as 2nd baron, and (2) See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, daughter of John Aldersley of Spurstow, See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, and widow of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pitchford, by whom he had four sons, John, See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis, Henry and Sir William Coventry, the statesman . Thomas Coventry, 5th baron (d . 1699), was created an earl in 1697 with a special See also:

• LIMITATION, STATUTES OF

limitation, on failure of his own male issue, to that of See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter, youngest See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the lord keeper, from whom the See also:

• PRESENT

present earl of Coventry is descended .