The Croome Collection
The History of
The Coventry Family
The Croome collection held at Worcestershire Record Office
includes papers from the time of the 1st Baron Coventry of
Allesborough, right up to the 9th Earl of Coventry. To make it
easier to understand which Earl was seated at Croome throughout
which years, here is a chronological table of the Barons and Earls
of Coventry, the heads of the Croome estate to which this
collection relates.
Simply click on the names in the table below to find out more
about each Baron and Earl of Coventry.
|
Name |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Title and Date
Inherited |
Title and Date
Inherited |
Sir Thomas
Coventry
 (40 KB) |
1547
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12 December 1606
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Lord Keeper Thomas
Coventry
(43 KB) |
1578
|
14 January 1640
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1st Baron of Allesborough
10 April 1628
|
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Thomas Coventry
2nd
(40 KB) |
1606
|
27th October 1661
|
2nd Baron of Allesborough
1640
|
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George
Coventry
(40 KB) |
1628
|
15 December 1680
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3rd Baron of Allesborough
1661
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John
Coventry
(40KB) |
2 September 1654
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25 July 1685
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4th Baron of Allesborough
1680
|
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Thomas Coventry
5th
(41 KB) |
1629
|
15 July 1699
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5th Baron of Allesborough
1685
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Viscount Deerhurst and 1st Earl of Coventry
26 April 1697
|
Thomas Coventry
6th
(40 KB) |
1662
|
20 August 1710
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6th Baron of Allesborough
1699
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Viscount Deerhurst and 2nd Earl of Coventry
1699
|
Thomas Coventry
7th
(40 KB) |
c.1702
|
28 January 1712
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7th Baron of Allesborough
1710
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Viscount Deerhurst and 3rd Earl of Coventry
1710
|
Gilbert
Coventry
(41 KB) |
1668
|
27 October 1719
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8th Baron of Alllesborough
1712
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4th Earl of Coventry
1712
|
William
Coventry
(41 KB) |
1678
|
18 March 1751
|
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5th Earl of Coventry
October 1719
|
George
William Coventry 6th
(45 KB) |
26 April 1722
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3 September 1809
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6th Earl of Coventry
1751
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George
William Coventry 7th
(43 KB) |
28 April 1758
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26 March 1831
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Viscount Deerhurst and 7th Earl of Coventry
1809
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George
William Coventry 8th
(41 KB) |
16 October 1784
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15 May 1843
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Viscount Deerhurst and 8th Earl of Coventry
1831
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George
William Coventry 9th
(45 KB) |
9 May 1838
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13 March 1930
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Viscount Deerhurst and 9th Earl of Coventry
May 1843
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Post-1930
(41 KB)
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This page was last reviewed 27 February 2012 at 12:04.
The page is next due for review 25 August 2013.