Index of Gardiner's History of England

Coventry, 1st Lord, 1628-1640 (Thomas Coventry),

• asserts the right of the Council to commit without showing cause,
• announces to the Commons that the King expects them to be content with his promise to observe the laws,
• asserts that no one ought to be imprisoned without cause shown, unless in a case of necessity,
• is directed by the Lords to inform the King that their feeling is against a dissolution,
• complains that the judges have bailed Chambers without giving notice to the Council,
• asks Charles not to dissolve Parliament after the session of 1629,
• takes part in a conference on the terms on which bail is to be offered to the imprisoned members,
• suggests to Sir John Walter to ask to retire from the Bench,
• directs the judges to enforce the proclamation ordering country gentlemen to return to their homes,
• is on the side of leniency in Sherfield's case,
• brings charges against Portland,
• approves of Noy's proposal to levy ship-money,
• announces the King's intention to extend ship-money to the inland counties,
• explains the King's claim to the sovereignty of the seas, and announces that ship-money must be paid by all counties,
• is silent on the nature of the King's right to levy ship-money,
• does not favour the attempt of the Council to force the City to lend money,
• takes part in the Councillors' loan,
• death of,
• See Coventry, Sir Thomas