COVENTRY, Hon. Henry (c.1618-86), of Piccadilly Hall, The Haymarket, Westminster and West Bailey Lodge, Enfield, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c.1618, 4th s. of Sir Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, ld. keeper 1625-40, being 3rd s. by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of John Aldersey, merchant, of London, wid. of William Pitchford, Grocer, of London; half-bro. of Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry and bro. of John Coventry and William Coventry. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. matric. 20 Apr. 1632, aged 14, BA 1633, MA 1636, BCL 1638; I. Temple 1633; travelled abroad (Italy, France, Netherlands) 1640-Apr. 1660, Padua 1643. unm. Survey of London, xxxi. 42; W. Robinson, Hist. Enfield, i. 228; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 5; PCC 19 Dorset; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 162; Jesuit Recs. ed. Foley, vi. 623; Cal. Cl. SP, iv. 612.

Offices Held

Fellow of All Souls, Oxf. 1634 – 48, June 1660 – ?72; chancellor, Llandaff diocese ?1638 – 40; j.p. Worcs. June 1660 – d.; freeman, Droitwich ?1661; asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664; commr. for encroachments, Windsor 1671, assessment, Mdx. 1673 – 80, Worcs. 1677 – 80; chief ranger, Enfield chase 1675–d.Wood, Fasti, i. 500; Sel. Charters (Selden Soc. xxviii), 183; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 923; Sir Robert Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office Holders, 209.

Capt. of ft. (Dutch army) by 1654–63.Cal. Cl. SP, ii. 316; CSP Ire. 1663–5, p. 8.

Groom of the bedchamber 1662 – 69, 1670 – 72; commr. for settlement [I] 1662 – 63; envoy extraordinary, Sweden 1664 – 66, 1671 – 72; plenip. congress of Breda 1667; sec. of state (north) 1672 – 74, (south) 1674 – 80; PC 3 July 1672 – d.; commr. for prizes 1672 – 74, Tangier 1673 – 84; ld. of Admiralty 1673–9.Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 387; CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 577; 1663–5, p. 64; CSP Dom. 1670, pp. 1, 88; 1671, p. 376; Bulstrode Pprs. 242; Williamson Letters (Cam. Soc. n.s. viii), 149.

Parlimentarian

COVENTRY, Hon. Henry (c.1618-86), of Piccadilly Hall, The Haymarket, Westminster and West Bailey Lodge, Enfield, Mdx.

Main residences: Piccadilly Hall, The Haymarket, Westminster; West Bailey Lodge, Enfield, Mdx.

Notes

This biography is based on D. T. Witcombe, ‘Parl. careers of Sir William and Mr Henry Coventry’ (Oxf. Univ. B. Litt. thesis, 1954).

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