Sir Thomas Coventry (1578-1640), 1st Baron Coventry, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England from 1625 to 1640 and firm supporter of King Charles I in the run-up to the English Civil War. Engraving created in the 1700s by Michael Vandergucht (1660-1725), after a portrait by Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661).
Sir Thomas Coventry (1578-1640), 1st Baron Coventry, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England from 1625 to 1640 and firm supporter of King Charles I in the run-up to the English Civil War. Original 18th century engraving by Michael Vandergucht (1660-1725), after a portrait by Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661). This engraving was first used in the 1740 edition of 'History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England' by Edward Hyde (1609-1674), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to King Charles I, who was later raised to the peerage as 1st Earl of Clarendon; his history of the English Civil War is frequently referred to as 'Clarendon's Rebellion’. Sir Thomas Coventry was a prominent lawyer, politician and judge who was appointed Recorder of London in 1616, Solicitor General in 1617 and Attorney General in 1621, the year he was elected to Parliament as MP for Droitwich. Following the coronation of King Charles I in 1625, the new king appointed him to high office as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal o Sir Thomas Coventry was a prominent lawyer, politician and judge who was appointed Recorder of London in 1616, Solicitor General in 1617 and Attorney General in 1621, the year he was elected to Parliament as MP for Droitwich. Following the coronation of King Charles I in 1625, the new king appointed him to high office as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England. The Lord Keeper's responsibilities included physical custody of the seal used on documents such as grants of land and appointments to public posts. Coventry, who was raised to the peerage in 1628, was a firm supporter of the king and the royal prerogative on such issues as ‘Ship Money’, a hated tax. Michael Vandergucht was a Flemish engraver, born in Antwerp, who worked for most of his career in England. Cornelius Johnson, born in London of Dutch parents, was one of the foremost portrait painters in England until Anthony Van Dyck arrived in 1632.
Size: 5943px × 8916px
Location: England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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