Thomas Coventry (1578 - 1640)

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Died 14 Jan 1640 at about age 62 in London, England

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Thomas Coventry was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Thomas Coventry was born in 1578.^[1]

Thomas was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Coventry, and his wife Margaret Jeffreys of Earls Croome or Croome D'Abitot, in Worcestershire.^[1]

He was appointed Attorney-General on 11 January 1621 and Lord Keeper on 1st November 1625, and created 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough on 10th April 1628.^[1]

Thomas was married to Sarah, the sister of Sir Edward Sebright, 1st Bt, of Besford in Worcestershire.^[1]

After Sarah's death he married the "lovely, young, rich" Elizabeth, the daughter of John Aldersey of Spurstow, Cheshire, the widow of William Pitchford.^[1]

Thomas Coventry died in 1640.^[1]

Children of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough and Sarah Sebright

1. Hon. Elizabeth Coventry+
2. Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry of Aylesborough+ b. c 1606, d. 27 Oct 1661

Children of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough and Elizabeth Aldersey

1. Hon. Mary Coventry+
2. Hon. Anne Coventry+ d. 1662
3. Hon. Margaret Coventry d. 11 Jul 1649
4. Hon. John Coventry+ b. c 1611
5. Hon. Francis Coventry+ b. 1612, d. 1680
6. Hon. Henry Coventry b. 1618, d. 7 Dec 1686
7. Hon. Dorothy Coventry+ b. 1622, d. c May 1679
8. Hon. Sir William Coventry b. 1626, d. 23 Jun 1686

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} The Encyclopaedia Britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 1910. New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol: VII, https://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabrit07chisrich#page/340/mode/2up, pp. 340-1, accessed 8 February 2015.

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• Visitations of Worcestershire: Sebright [1]
• The visitation of London, anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. Made by Sr. Henry St. George, kt., Richmond herald, and deputy and marshal to Sr. Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux king of armes by St. George, Henry, 1581-1644; College of Arms (Great Britain); St. George, Richard, d. 1635; Howard, Joseph Jackson, 1827-1902, ed; Chester, Joseph Lemuel, 1821-1882, joint ed Page 8: Aldersey