William Coventry

William of Coventry (called Claudius Conversus; ) was an English Carmelite friar and historian. He wrote on the history of Carmelites and other subjects.

Works William was born at Coventry, and became a Carmelite. He must have been a lay brother of the order there, since if he was lame, as the name Claudius indicates, he could not have been ordained. Three of Coventry's historical works, written either or , survive in the form of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century transcripts. and has been printed as the work of Anselm. It has also been ascribed to Honorius of Autun, Guibert Novigentinus, and even Augustine. Bale ascribes to William Carmina Diversa.