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Edward Coke was born on 1 February 1552 [12] in his father's manor of Mileham [13] in Norfolk (acquired by him in 1553) [14] one of eight children. The other seven were daughters – Winifred, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Ursula, Anna, Margaret and Ethelreda – although it is not known in which order the children were born. [ 15 ]
The Institutes of the Lawes of England are a series of legal treatises written by Sir Edward Coke.They were first published, in stages, between 1628 and 1644. [1] Widely recognized as a foundational document of the common law, they have been cited in over 70 cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, [2] including several landmark cases.
Case of Prohibitions [1607] EWHC J23 (KB) is a UK constitutional law case decided by Sir Edward Coke. [a] Before the Glorious Revolution of 1688, when the sovereignty of Parliament was confirmed, this case wrested supremacy from the King in favour of the courts.
The self-conscious antiquarian study of the law gathered momentum from the 15th century. It supported the theories of the ancient constitution. [4] In his Institutes of the Lawes of England Coke challenged the accepted view of the Norman Conquest by asserting it amounted to trial by battle, with William the Conqueror agreeing to maintain the Anglo-Saxon laws.
Case of Sutton's Hospital (1612) 77 Eng Rep 960 is an old common law case decided by Sir Edward Coke. It concerned The Charterhouse , London, which was held to be a properly constituted corporation. Facts
Edward Coke, Viscount Coke (2 February 1719 – 31 August 1753), styled The Hon. Edward Coke from 1728 to 1744, was a British Member of Parliament. He represented Norfolk in Parliament from 1741 to 1747 and Harwich from 1747 to his death.
Edward Coke (1758–29 Jul 1836), born Edward Roberts, was a British politician and landowner. Edward was the second son of Wenman Coke and younger brother of Thomas Coke, the celebrated "Coke of Norfolk" and later Earl of Leicester. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1819. [1] He married Grace Colhoun in 1792, and they had three children:
The Coke baronetcy of Longford, in the County of Derby was created in the Baronetage of England on 30 December 1641 for Edward Coke. He was the grandson of Sir Edward Coke , Lord Chief Justice. His father Clement (died 1629), youngest son of Sir Edward, acquired by marriage the Longford Hall estate in Derbyshire.