Event: 837 | 16690304 | bridges | See 27 Feb. 1668@9. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: I did meet $Sir Jeremy Smith=, who did tell me that $Sir W. Coventry= was just now sent to the <i>Tower</i>, about the business of his challenging the $Duke of Buckingham=, and so was also $Harry Saville= to the <i>Gate-house</i>....So, meeting with my $Lord Bellassis=, he told me the particulars of this matter; that it arises about a quarrel which Sir W. Coventry had with the Duke of Buckingham about a design between the Duke and $Sir Robert Howard=, to bring him into a play [<i>The Rehearsal</i>] at the <i>King's house</i>, which W. Coventry not enduring, did H. Saville send a letter to the Duke of Buckingham, that he had a desire to speak with him. Upon which, the Duke of Buckingham did bid $Holmes=, his champion ever since my $Lord Shrewsbury='s business, go to him to know the business; but H. Saville would not tell it to any but himself, and therefore did go presently to the Duke of Buckingham, and told him that his uncle Coventry was a person of honour, and was sensible of his Grace's liberty taken of abusing him, and that he had a desire of satisfaction, and would fight with him. But that here they were interrupted by my <i>Lord Chamberlain</i>'s coming in, who was commanded to go to bid the Duke of Buckingham to come to the King, Holmes having discovered it