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Coke, Edward (1551/2 - 1634)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1552-02-01
Death Date: 1634-09-03

Notes

Resident at Clifford's Inn 1571; enrolled at Inner Temple 24 April 1572; called to bar 20 April 1578; reader Lyon's Inn 1579--82 & Inner Temple 1592. Imprisoned in the Tower ca. Dec. 1621; released by Aug. 1622

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Paston, Bridget (1565 - 1598)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1582-8-13
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Possibly married August 1581
  2. Cecil, Elizabeth (1578 - 1645/6)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1598-11-6
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Daughter Bridget possibly born from Edward's first marriage

Siblings

Female

  • Coke, Anne ( - )

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1603-05-22
    Vacated: 1634-09-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Norfolk 1586
Recorder, Norwich 1586
MP, Norfolk 1589
Bencher, Inner Temple, London 1590 -5
Solicitor-general, England 1592 -6
JP, Middlesex 1593
JP, Suffolk 1593
MP, Norfolk 1593
Recorder, Suffolk 1593
Speaker, House of Commons, England 1593
Attorney-general, England 1594 -4 -10 1606 -06
Treasurer, Inner Temple, London 1596
Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster 1601 -10 -8 1601 -11 -4 Commission to exercise this office
Recorder, Essex 1604
Chief Justice, Court of Common Pleas, England 1606 -6 1613 -10
Serjeant-at-law, England 1606 -6
JP, Northamptonshire 1608
JP, Norfolk 1608
Chief Justice, Court of King's Bench, England 1613 -10 -14 (appointed between this date and 27 Oct. 1613) 1616 -11 -10 Styled 'Chief Justice of England'
Privy Councillor, England 1613 -11 -11 1616 -06 -30
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1614 -6
Recorder, Coventry 1614
Privy Councillor, England 1617 -9 1622
MP, Cornwall 1621
MP, Coventry 1624
MP, Norfolk 1625
Sheriff, Buckinghamshire 1625 -11 -7
MP, Buckinghamshire 1628

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
  • Mileham, Norfolk
  • Huntingfield, Suffolk

Lands

  • Norfolk: Fulmodeston Manor & Kempston Parsonage
  • Oxfordshire: Minster Lovell Manor
    Purchased
  • Suffolk
  • Wiltshire: Chippenham

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chief Justice's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chief Justice's Trumpeters Coke, Edward (1552 - 1634) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.