Biography of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry 1629-1699
Paternal Family Tree: Coventry
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Bond 1615
On 02 Apr 1627 [his father] Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry (age 21) and [his mother] Mary Craven (age 25) were married.
In 1629 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry was born to Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry (age 23) and Mary Craven (age 27).
In 1634 [his mother] Mary Craven (age 32) died.
On 14 Jan 1640 [his grandfather] Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry (age 62) died. His son [his father] Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baron Coventry.
Around 1660 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 31) and Winifred Edgecumbe (age 23) were married.
In Apr 1660 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 31) was elected MP Droitwich during the Convention Parliament.
On 08 May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
On 27 Oct 1661 [his father] Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry (age 55) died at Lincoln's Inn Fields. He was buried at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map]. His son [his brother] George Coventry 3rd Baron Coventry (age 33) succeeded 3rd Baron Coventry.
Around 1662 [his son] Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry was born to Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 33) and [his wife] Winifred Edgecumbe (age 25).
Around 1668 [his son] Gilbert Coventry 4th Earl Coventry was born to Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 39) and [his wife] Winifred Edgecumbe (age 31).
In 1669 Henry Savile (age 27) was sent to the Tower of London [Map] for a few days for having carried Thomas Coventry's (age 40) challenge to the Duke of Buckingham (age 40).
Around 1675 Mary Beale aka Cradock (age 41). Portrait of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 46).
Before 23 Apr 1680 [his brother-in-law] Richard Edgecumbe (age 40) and Anne Montagu were married. She the daughter of Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich and Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich.
In 1681 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 52) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1685 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 56) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1687 John Coventry 4th Baron Coventry (age 33) died. His uncle Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 58) succeeded 5th Baron Coventry.
On 03 Apr 1688 [his brother-in-law] Richard Edgecumbe (age 48) died.
In 1691 [his son] Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Somerset Countess Coventry (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 62) and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 60). He the son of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 62) and Winifred Edgecumbe (age 54).
On 11 Jun 1694 [his wife] Winifred Edgecumbe (age 57) died.
On 30 Nov 1694 [his son] Gilbert Coventry 4th Earl Coventry (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Keyt (age 23) were married. He the son of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 65) and Winifred Edgecumbe.
On 16 Jul 1695 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 66) and Elizabeth Grimes Countess Coventry (age 25) were married. The difference in their ages was 41 years.
In 1697 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 68) was created 1st Earl Coventry with a special remainder to issue of Walter Coventry brother to the [his grandfather] 1st Baron Coventry. [his wife] Elizabeth Grimes Countess Coventry (age 27) by marriage Countess Coventry.
On 15 Jul 1699 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 70) died. His son [his son] Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Coventry, 6th Baron Coventry. [his daughter-in-law] Anne Somerset Countess Coventry (age 25) by marriage Countess Coventry. He was buried in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map].
Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map]. The Monument was commissioned by his [his wife] second wife (age 29) but rejected by his son. She was, apparently, somewhat imaginative in describing her provenance to the point that the second Earl (age 37), son of the first Earl's first wife, refused to have the monument erected over his father's remains.
High quality. Monument including a white marble figure elbow reclining on a deep chest in front of a lengthy inscription and under an arch crowned with armorial bearings. Large sub-figures flank the chest and the armorial bearings. Earl's coronet. Signed by William Stanton (age 60). Powdered Wig. Heeled Shoes. Buckled Shoes.
Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry: Around 1662 he was born to Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. In 1691 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry and Anne Somerset Countess Coventry were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. He the son of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. In Aug 1710 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry died. His son Thomas Coventry 3rd Earl Coventry succeeded 3rd Earl Coventry, 7th Baron Coventry.
Anne Somerset Countess Coventry: On 22 Jul 1673 she was born to Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. On 14 Feb 1763 Anne Somerset Countess Coventry died at Snitterfield.
Mary Glanville: she was born to John Glanville. In 1636 Colonel Piers Edgecumbe and she were married at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street.
In 1700 Thomas Savage (age 27) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Grimes Countess Coventry (age 30) were married.
Around Apr 1724 [his former wife] Elizabeth Grimes Countess Coventry (age 54) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Coventry
GrandFather: Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry
Father: Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Sebright
GrandMother: Sarah Sebright
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Craven
GrandFather: William Craven
Mother: Mary Craven
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Whitmore of Balmes Manor in Hackney
GrandMother: Elizabeth Whitmore
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bond