COVENTRY, Sir John (c.1636-85), of Mere, Wilts. and Suffolk Street, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1636, o.s. of Hon. John Coventry of Barton, Pitminster, Som. by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Colles of Barton, wid. of Herbert Dodington of Breamore, Hants. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Low Countries) 1655-9; Padua 1659; Queen’s, Oxf. 1660. unm. suc. fa. 1652; KB 23 Apr. 1661.Gentry of Staffs. (Staffs. Rec. Soc. ser. 4, ii), 8; Procs. Som. Antiq. and Nat. Hist. Soc. lxxvii. 110; Cal. Cl. SP, ii. 131; Hoare, Wilts. Mere, 25; Wood, Fasti, ii. 31.

Offices Held

Commr. for sewers, Som. Dec. 1660, assessment, Som. and Wilts. 1661 – 80; j.p. Wilts. 1667 – 70, Som. 1668 – 70; dep. lt. Wilts. 1668 – 75; bailiff of Burley Walk, New Forest 1674 – d.; freeman, Lymington 1679.C181/7/26; CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 161; 1684–5, p. 127; HMC 3rd Rep. 94; Q. Sess. Recs. (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxiv), p. xi; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 477; E. King, Old Times Revisited, 191.

Parlimentarian

COVENTRY, Sir John (c.1636-85), of Mere, Wilts. and Suffolk Street, Westminster.

Main residences: Mere, Wilts.; Suffolk Street, Westminster.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

COVENTRY, Sir John (c.1636-85)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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