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    Sir Edward Coke (/kʊk/ "cook", formerly /kuːk/; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge, and politician. He is often considered...
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  • Baron Burghley. She was the wife of Sir William Hatton and later of Sir Edward Coke. Elizabeth Cecil was the daughter of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter...
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    Frances was the younger daughter of the judge and privy councillor Sir Edward Coke and his second wife Lady Elizabeth Hatton. She was born at Hatton House...
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  • Edward Coke (1552–1634) was an English barrister, judge and jurist. Edward Coke may also refer to: Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester (1936–2015), British...
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  • Algar as Sandie Adrian Rawlins as Edward Coke Samuel Blenkin as Charles I of England Amelia Gething as Frances Coke, Viscountess Purbeck Nicola Walker...
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    Thomas Edward Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester (born 6 July 1965), is the son of Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, and Valeria Phyllis Potter. He is the current...
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    Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (6 May 1754 – 30 June 1842), known as Coke of Norfolk or Coke of Holkham, was a British politician and agricultural...
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  • with a rich heiress. The lady selected was Frances Coke (1599–1645), the daughter of Sir Edward Coke by his second wife, Lady Hatton, daughter of Thomas...
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    Edward Coke, Viscount Coke (2 February 1719 – 31 August 1753), styled The Hon. Edward Coke from 1728 to 1744, was a British Member of Parliament. He represented...
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    Edward Douglas Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, CBE DL (6 May 1936 – 25 April 2015), styled Viscount Coke between 1976 and 1994, was an English nobleman....
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    Although this historical account was badly flawed, jurists such as Sir Edward Coke used Magna Carta extensively in the early 17th century, arguing against...
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    The Coke family is descended from the noted judge and politician Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice from 1613 to 1616. Through his son Henry Coke, his...
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    Bowler hat (redirect from Coke hat)
    that the bowler was invented for Edward Coke, the younger brother of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. When Edward Coke arrived in London on 17 December...
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    Thomas William Edward Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester MVO DL (16 May 1908 – 3 September 1976) was a British peer. Major Thomas William Edward Coke, 5th Earl of...
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  • Aquinas, Summa Theologica, 1a, 2ae, 90, 4. Sir Edward Coke, The Selected Writings and Speeches of Sir Edward Coke, ed. Steve Sheppard (Indianapolis: Liberty...
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  • Edward Coke MC (5 February 1879 – 5 April 1951), known professionally as Edward Rigby, was a British character actor. Rigby was born at Ashford, Kent...
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  • Hon. Edward Keppel Wentworth Coke (20 August 1824 – 26 May 1889) was a British soldier and Whig politician. Coke was the second son of Thomas Coke, 1st...
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    John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset, FRICS, DL (born 30 December 1952), styled Lord Seymour between 1954 and 1984, is a British aristocratic...
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    Jack Brooksbank. Lady Anne Coke (1845 – 23 January 1876), she married Maj.-Gen. Edmund Manningham-Buller (son of Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet)...
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    French throne. In 1415, Henry followed in the wake of his great-grandfather, Edward III, by renewing the Hundred Years' War with France, beginning the Lancastrian...
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    not enough to secure the position for Bacon and it was given to Sir Edward Coke. Likewise, Bacon failed to secure the lesser office of Solicitor General...
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    have dealt and passed through the whole action. Sir Edward Coke Each of the condemned, said Coke, would be drawn backwards to his death, by a horse, his...
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  • case". Originating from Roman law, it was crystallized into a phrase by Edward Coke in the 17th century and is now widely regarded as a fundamental tenet...
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    Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, who married Frances, the daughter of Sir Edward Coke by his second wife, Elizabeth Hatton, née Cecil, daughter of Thomas Cecil...
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    on Edward's significance as a monarch, and echoed the chroniclers' praise for his accomplishments. During the 17th century, the lawyer Edward Coke wrote...
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    half-brother of Mary I, as well as the older half-brother of Elizabeth I and Edward VI. Through his mother, he was the elder half-brother of Elizabeth, George...
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    Coca-Cola (redirect from Coke bottle)
    Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries...
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    of Edward Coke (Coke is pronounced "Cook") and Carey Newton. His great-great-great-grandfather was the noted judge and politician Sir Edward Coke. He...
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    Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester (11 September 1909 – 19 June 1994), was a British peer. Coke (pronounced Cook) was the son of the Hon Arthur George Coke and...
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    Common law (section Coke)
    by Lord Chief Justice Edward Coke, in his treatise, Institutes of the Lawes of England in the 17th century. As Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634) put it in the...
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