Edward Coke

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Sir Edward Coke SL PC (/ˈkʊk/ (cook) formerly /ˈkuːk/; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister judge and later opposition politician who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle-class family Coke was educated at Trinity College Cambridge before leaving to study at the Inner Temple where he was called to the Bar on 20 April 1578.

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active years end date

1594-04-10, 1613-10-25, 1616-11-15

active years start date

1592-06-16, 1606-06-30, 1613-10-25

alma mater

Trinity College Cambridge

appointer

James VI and I

birth date

1552-02-01

birth place

England, Breckland, Mileham, Norfolk

death date

1634-09-03

death place

England, Breckland, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, Godwick

office

Solicitor General for England and Wales, Attorney General for England and Wales, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

order in office

Chief Justice of the King's Bench

profession

Barrister

successor

Henry Montagu 1st Earl of Manchester, Thomas Fleming (judge), Sir Henry Hobart 1st Baronet