John Coventry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 from 1641 to 1642.

Coventry was the son of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry

Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry

Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry was a prominent English lawyer, politician and judge during the early 17th century.-Education and early legal career:...

 by his second wife Elizabeth Aldersley, daughter of John Aldersley of Spurstow, Cheshire, and widow of William Pitchford. In 1641, he was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Evesham

Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)

Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295...

 in a by-election on 2 February after Sandys was expelled from the House as a monopolist. He was disabled from sitting on 12 August 1642 for joining in the Commission of Array.

Coventry married. Elizabeth Dodington, widow of Herbert Dodington and daughter of John Coles of Barton, Somerset. His son John

John Coventry

Sir John Coventry was son of John Coventry , the second son of lord keeper Thomas Coventry.Between 1655 and 1659, he travelled in the continent with his tutor the poet Edward Sherburne...

was MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis whose assault in 1670, led to the passing of the " Coventry Act".