Coke, Edward (1551/2 - 1634)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 7
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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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

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

Offspring

From Cecil, Elizabeth (1578 - 1645/6)

  1. Female offspring: Coke, Frances (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Coke, Bridget (n.d.)

From Paston, Bridget (1565 - 1598)

  1. Male offspring: Coke, Henry (1591 - 1661)
  2. Male offspring: Coke, Robert (n.d.)
  3. Female offspring: Coke, Anne (1585 - 1672)

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1614-1615 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)