Sir William Coventry

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Sir William Coventry: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 19, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: The History of Parliament - Biography of Sir William Coventry.	Grace Young	Feb 19, 2016
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998