Family and Education
b. c. 1629, 2nd s. Thomas Coventry, 2nd Bar. Coventry (d. 1661), and Mary, da. of Sir William Craven; bro. George Coventry, 3rd Bar. Coventry. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1643. N and Q, cc. 194. m. (1) 1660, Winifred (d. 11 June 1694), da. of Col. Piers Edgcumbe‡ of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 16 July 1695, Elizabeth Grimes (alias Graham), domestic servant, da. of Richard Grimes, turner of London, s.p. d. 15 July 1699; will 24 Mar. 1699, pr. 27 July 1699. TNA, PROB 11/451.
Offices Held
High steward, Worcester 1687 – d., Evesham 1687 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; custos rot. Worcs. 1689–d.
Associated with: Croome D'Abitot, Worcs.;VCH Worcs. iii. 314.; Snitterfield, Warws.VCH Warws. iii. 169.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas, by Mary Beale, c. 1675, St Edmundsbury Museum, Suffolk; monument, St Mary’s, Elmley Castle.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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