Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. 1 Feb. 1552, s. of Robert Coke, barrister, of Mileham, by Winifred, da. of William Knightley, attorney, of Norwich. educ. Norwich g.s.; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1567, MA 1571; Clifford’s Inn 1571; I. Temple 1572, called Apr. 1578, bencher May 1590. m. (1) Aug. 1582 (with £30,000), Bridget (d.1598), da. of John Paston of Norf., 7s. 3da.; (2) Nov. 1598, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Cecil, wid. of Sir William Hatton, 2da. suc. fa. 1561. Kntd. 22 May 1603.Bowen, 39, 101; Coll. Toop. et Gen. vi. 110, 111, 117; DNB; Burke, Commoners, i. 3.
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J.p. Norf. 1586, Suff. and Mdx. by 1593; reader, Lyon’s Inn 1579 – 82; recorder, Coventry 1585, Norwich 1586, London 1591 – 92, Orford 1593 Harwich by 1604; reader, I. Temple 1592; solicitor-gen. June 1592; attorney-gen. Apr. 1594 – June 1606; treasurer, I. Temple 1596; commr. to exercise office of chancellor of duchy of Lancaster 1601; serjeant-at-law June 1606; c.j. of common pleas June 1606 – Oct. 1613, of King’s bench Oct. 1613, discharged Nov. 1616; PC Nov. 1613, sequestered June 1616, rest. Sept. 1617, dismissed 1622; high steward, Camb. Univ. June 1614.Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 112, 114, 119; Hatfield ms 278; DNB; B. C. Hughes, Hist. Harwich Harbour, 26; T. Fuller, Worthies of England, (1840), ii. 451; Haydn’s Bk. of Dignities (3rd ed. 1894), 370, 375, 399, 401; HMC Var. iv. 266; Somerville, Duchy, i. 396–7; HMC 9th Rep. pt. 2, p. 373; APC, 1613–14, p. 255; 1615–16, p. 649; 1616–17, p. 329.

Speaker of House of Commons 1593.

Parlimentarian
COKE, Sir Edward (1552-1634), of Godwick, Norf.; Stoke Poges, Bucks.; Broad Street and the Inner Temple, London; formerly of Huntingfield, Norf.
Main residences: Burghwood in Mileham, Norf.; Huntingfield, Suff.; Castle Yard, London; Stoke Poges, Bucks.
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A.G.R.S.
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Commons 1558-1603
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COKE, Edward (1552-1634)

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