Sir Edward Coke

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Sir Edward Coke was an influential English jurist and parliamentarian whose legal writings and advocacy for the rule of law and limits on royal authority helped shape the development of constitutional government in England and beyond.

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instanceOf English jurist
Member of Parliament
judge
lawyer
legal writer
parliamentarian
person
politician
birthDate 1552-02-01
birthPlace Mileham, Norfolk, England
burialPlace Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1634-09-03
deathPlace Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England
educatedAt Clifford's Inn
Inner Temple
Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork common law
constitutional law
criminal law
property law
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced American constitutional law
English constitutional law
John Locke
William Blackstone
the framers of the United States Constitution
influencedBy English common law tradition
knownFor articulating the rule of law
defending the supremacy of common law over royal prerogative
development of judicial review concepts
influencing constitutional government in England and America
opposition to the royal prerogative of James I
legalPhilosophy advocacy of limits on royal authority
memberOf Inner Temple
name Sir Edward Coke self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edward Coke
notableWork Institutes of the Lawes of England
The Reports
parliamentaryTermEnd 1629
parliamentaryTermStart 1589
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Chief Justice of the King’s Bench
Member of Parliament for Buckingham
Member of Parliament for Coventry
Member of Parliament for Norfolk
Solicitor General for England and Wales
Speaker of the House of Commons of England
religion Protestantism
spouse Bridget Paston
Elizabeth Cecil

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Petition of Right 1628 draftedBy Sir Edward Coke
Coke family hasNotableMember Sir Edward Coke
this entity surface form: Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke name Sir Edward Coke self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edward Coke