The outrage upon Sir John Coventry (1636-1685) by Maguire. Sir John Coventry (c. 1636 – 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1667 and 1682. On 21 December 1670, owing to a jest made by Coventry in the House of Commons on the subject of the King's amours, Sir Thomas Sandys, an officer of the guards, with other accomplices, waylaid him as he was returning home to Suffolk Street and slit his nose to the bone. The outrage created an extraordinary sensation in Parliament

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The outrage upon Sir John Coventry (1636-1685) by Maguire. Sir John Coventry (c. 1636 – 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1667 and 1682. On 21 December 1670, owing to a jest made by Coventry in the House of Commons on the subject of the King's amours, Sir Thomas Sandys, an officer of the guards, with other accomplices, waylaid him as he was returning home to Suffolk Street and slit his nose to the bone. The outrage created an extraordinary sensation in Parliament

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