Edward Coke

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
English jurist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Inner_Temple
gptkbp:birthDate 1552-02-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Mileham,_Norfolk,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alice_Coke
gptkb:Anne_Coke
gptkb:Bridget_Coke
gptkb:Clement_Coke
gptkb:Edward_Coke_(son)
gptkb:Elizabeth_Coke
gptkb:Frances_Coke
gptkb:Henry_Coke
gptkbp:deathDate 1634-09-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Stoke_Poges,_Buckinghamshire,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward Coke
gptkbp:influenced American legal tradition
development of English common law
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Francis_Bacon
William Cecil
gptkbp:knighted 1603
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Petition_of_Right
defending the supremacy of common law
opposing royal prerogative
gptkbp:legacy foundational figure in English constitutional law
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Stoke_Poges_Church
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Bonham's_Case
gptkb:Calvin's_Case
gptkb:Case_of_Proclamations
gptkb:Dr._Bonham's_Case
gptkb:Shelley's_Case
gptkb:Slade's_Case
gptkb:The_Five_Knights'_Case
Case of Prohibitions
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:John_Selden
gptkb:Matthew_Hale
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Coke's_Reports
gptkb:Institutes_of_the_Lawes_of_England
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:philosophy rule of law
common law supremacy
gptkbp:portrait Edward Coke by Unknown artist.jpg
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Chief_Justice_of_the_King's_Bench
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Stoke_Poges,_Buckinghamshire,_England
gptkbp:signature Edward Coke signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bridget_Paston
gptkb:Elizabeth_Cecil
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baronet
Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:House_of_Commons_of_England
gptkb:Sir_William_Blackstone
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5