COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)

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COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682) , son of John Coventry, the second son of

Thomas

, Lord Keeper Coventry, was returned to the

Long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Parliament

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

in 164o as member for Evesham. During the Civil War he served for the king, and at the Restoration was created a knight. In 1667, and in the following parliaments of 1678, 1679 and 1681, he was elected for Weymouth, and opposed the government. On the 21st of December 1670, owing to a jest made by Coventry in the

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Commons on the subject of the king's amours, Sir

Thomas

Sandys, an officer of the guards, with other accomplices, by the order of Monmouth, and (it was said) with the approval of. the king himself, waylaid him as he was returning

home

to Suffolk

Street

STREET
STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

and slit his nose to the bone. The outrage created an extraordinary sensation, and in consequence a measure known as the " Coventry Act " was passed, declaring assaults accompanied by personal

mutilation

MUTILATION (from Lat. mutilus, maimed)

felony

FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

without benefit of clergy. Sir John died in 1682. Sir William Coventry, his uncle, speaks slightingly of him, ridicules his vanity and wishes him out of the

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Commons to be " out of harm's way."

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