Coventry family, Earls of Coventry

This page summarises records created by this Family

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1000-2000
Places:	Apperley, Gloucestershire Bampton, Oxfordshire Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire Croome Court, Worcestershire Croome D'abitot, Worcestershire Deerhurst, Gloucestershire Edgware, Middlesex Eldersfield, Worcestershire Fitzhead, Somerset Great Milton, Oxfordshire Pirton, Worcestershire Rotherhithe, Surrey Snitterfield, Warwickshire Stixwould, Lincolnshire Streatham, Surrey Tirley, Gloucestershire Twigmoor, Lincolnshire Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire Westminster, Middlesex Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/F87161 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F10192 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	13th cent-20th cent: Worcs (Croome Court in Croome D'Abitot, etc) and Gloucs (Deerhurst, etc) deeds, family and estate papers 13th-20th cent, with deeds and papers rel to properties in Lincs (Twigmore, etc), London (Westminster and Rotherhithe), Middlesex (Edgware), Oxon (Great Milton, etc) and Warwicks (Chilvers Coton, etc) 17th-19th cent and Streatham (London) 19th cent	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	BA14450	NRA 3843 Coventry
2	1200-1775: Worcs (Croome Court in Croome D'Abitot, etc) deeds and papers 13th cent-1773 and official and legal papers of Lord Keeper Coventry (d1640). Original records transferred to Worcestershire Record Office - copies remain at Birmingham	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	MS 3671	NRA 40581 Coventry
3	17th cent-18th cent: Worcs (Croome Court, etc) and Gloucs (Mickleton, etc), Middlesex (Edgware) and Warwicks (Chilvers Coton, etc) estate papers and Coventry legal, household and family inventories, accounts and papers 17th-18th cent, incl Stixwould (Lincs) estate accounts 1684	Collection held privately: enquiries to Archives & Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall RO)		NRA 5960 Carew Pole See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [86a]
4	1000-1963: Records	Gloucestershire Archives	D2700	NRA 6282 Somerset See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [96a]
5	13th cent: Stixwould (Lincs) cartulary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46701
6	1649-1807: Somerset (Wiveliscombe and Fitzhead) estate papers. Original records transferred to Worcestershire Record Office - copies remain in Somerset	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	A\AZY	NRA 41702
7	1561-1814: Warwicks (Chilvers Coton, Snitterfield, etc) legal and estate papers. Original records transferred to Worcestershire Record Office - copies remain in Warwickshire	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR 3200	See Annual Return 1995
8	18th cent-19th cent: Coventry family papers, mainly rel to Worcs lieutenancy and militia	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	705:73; BA 363, 534, 822, 909, 1914, 2007, 2868, 3261	NRA 1310 Coventry
9	13th cent-19th cent: Coventry of Burgate (Hants) family papers, incl misc deeds and papers rel to former estates of the Earls of Coventry	Hampshire Archives	1M53	NRA 2593 Coventry
10	additional records	Hampshire Archives	8M59
11	additional records	Hampshire Archives	212M87
12	late 17th cent-18th cent: Coventry legal, political and family papers, mainly of the 2nd Earl (d1710) and Lady Coventry (d1763)	Badminton Muniments		NRA 6282 Somerset See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [96e]
13	16th cent-18th cent: Coventry family legal, official and other papers	Longleat House	CO	NRA 16057 Thynne See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [104a]
14	17th cent: misc Coventry family papers, mainly of Henry Coventry (d1686)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 32094-95	See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [104m]
15	c1672-1680: official and personal papers of Henry Coventry (d1686)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 25115-25	See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [82o]
16	1667: Breda letter book of Henry Coventry	Alnwick Castle		NRA 836 Percy See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [82a]
17	1665-1667: papers of Sir William Coventry	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [97d]
18	1664-1678: naval and misc papers of Sir William Coventry	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 32094
19	1618-1624: papers of Lord Keeper Coventry (d1640)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng. hist. b. 218
20	1729-1827: Records	Gloucestershire Archives	D3022