Sir edward coke biography books
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Edward Coke
English lawyer and judge (1552–1634)
This article is about the seventeenth-century jurist.
For other uses, see Edward Coke (disambiguation).
Sir Edward Coke (CUUK, formerly; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634)[1] was an English barrister, judge, and politician. He is often considered the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.[2]
Born into an upper-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.
The book covers Coke's early life and career, to the end of the reign of Elizabeth I in (a second volume will cover Coke's career under James I and Charles.
As a barrister, he took part in several notable cases, including Slade's Case, before earning enough political favour to be elected to Parliament, where he served first as Solicitor General and then as Speaker of the House of Commons.
Following a promotion to Attorney General he led the prosecution in several notable cases, including those against Robert Devereux, Sir Walter Raleigh, and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators. As a