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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Coke, Sir Edward
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Lord Chief-Justice of England, born at Milcham, Norfolk; being a learned lawyer, rose rapidly at the bar and in offices connected therewith; became Lord Chief-Justice in 1613; was deposed in 1617 for opposing the king's wishes; sat in his first and third Parliaments, and took a leading part in drawing up the Petition of Rights; spent the last three years of his life in revising his works, his "Institutes," known as "Coke upon Littleton," and his valuable "Reports" (1549-1634).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Coke, Sir Edward'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/coke-sir-edward.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Coke, Sir Edward'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/coke-sir-edward.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.