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Coke, Sir Edward
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Coke, Sir Edward (1552–1634). Lawyer, judge, and parliamentary figure. Coke was called to the bar in 1578 and quickly gained a considerable reputation. In 1592 he became recorder of London and later that year solicitor-general. In 1593 the queen appointed him Speaker of the House of Commons and then attorney-general. Coke conducted a number of famous prosecutions for the crown, with unfeeling harshness, including the trials of
Essex (1601), Sir Walter
Raleigh (1603), and the Gunpowder plot conspirators (1605). In 1606 he became chief justice of Common Pleas. Coke held that the royal prerogative was defined by law and could not be arbitrarily extended, a fact which brought him frequently into conflict with the crown. In 1613 he was transferred to the King's Bench, a post with more prestige but less influence. Then in 1616 Coke was removed from office altogether on the charge that in his decisions he had introduced several things in derogation of the royal prerogative. In 1621 Coke re-entered Parliament where he opposed monopolies and denounced interference with the liberties of Parliament. His last major political act was his role in drafting the
Petition of Right in 1628.
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coke
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Coke, Sir Edward
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
COKE, SIR EDWARD An influential figure of Renaissance England and a great jurist, Sir Edward Coke bravely fought for the supremacy of the common...against challenges from James I and Charles I. Coke was a contemporary of such great figures of...
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Sir Edward Coke
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Edward Coke The English jurist and parliamentarian Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) fought to prevent royal interference with the independent common-law courts. Edward Coke was born at Mileham, Norfolk, and was educated at Trinity...
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Coke, Thomas William, 1st earl of Leicester
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Coke, Thomas William, 1st earl of Leicester (1754–1842). ‘Coke of Norfolk’ was an assertively...fertilized for wheat and barley. Publicity for Coke's work and his agricultural shows...
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Coke, Richard
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
COKE, RICHARD Richard Coke achieved prominence as a politician and jurist in the state of Texas. Coke was born March 13, 1829, in Williams-burg, Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1849 and was admitted to the...
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