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Coventry, Henry, 1619-1686

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Biography

Henry Coventry (1619-1686), English politician and diplomat

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

[Papers: collection of documents from his papers relating to the Popish Plot]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB153
Abstract: Collection of seven manuscripts, in multiple hands, concerning the Popish Plot, primarily of testimonies and accusations. The collection contains a letter by an unnamed woman to Coventry promising to deliver to him the names of many priests and Jesuits for a promised reward, as well as Coventry's reply assuring her she will be paid. Other items include a report on the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey; King Charles II's speech to the House of Lords in 1678; a signed statement by Sir John...
Dates: 1678-1679

Carlingford papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 5
Abstract: The Carlingford papers contain correspondence and diplomatic and other papers, mostly relating to Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford. 24 letters signed in cipher from Charles II to Carlingford document the King's personal and political activities in the last years of his exile; other correspondence and papers concern Carlingford's diplomatic mission during the second Anglo-Dutch War, including letters by Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, Sir William Swan, and Sir William Temple. Other...
Dates: 1651-1764, bulk 1657-1667

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Anglo-Dutch War, 1664-1667 1
Budapest (Hungary) -- History -- Siege, 1684 1
Diplomatic and consular service, British 1
Diplomats -- Great Britain 1
Great Britain -- Court and courtiers 1