Sir Edward Coke, English barrister, jurist, law officer and politician, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, Chief Justice of King's Bench, Speaker of the House of Commons, legal author, English jurist, law officer, Member of Parliament, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Knight, Attorney General, Solicitor General, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, Attorney General of England, Solicitor General of England, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Member of Parliament.
Dates: 1552-1634
Biography
Sir Edward Coke was a prominent English jurist and politician who acquired substantial landed property, including the Suffolk manor of Aldham according to the local manorial record.
Notes / Sources
The cited source establishes the Aldham ownership date but not the conveyance instrument.
Research sources:
- Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Aldham parish report, section 13, Manorial. — https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/aldham.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coke
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Coke of Stoke Poges
Father: Robert Coke of Mileham
Mother: Winifred Knightley
Spouse(s): Bridget Paston; Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Hatton
Children / next generation: Elizabeth Coke, wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley; Frances Coke, Viscountess Purbeck
Armorial Registry
Coke of Mileham and Stoke Poges — Sir Edmund Coke personal quartered arms and ostrich crest
Branch: Coke of Mileham and Stoke Poges; later Coke of Holkham through the descendants of his first marriage
Issued / recorded: 1598
Coke of Stoke Poges — Sir Edward Coke's quartered achievement, as used with Elizabeth Cecil
Branch: Coke of Stoke Poges and Holkham-associated descendants
Issued / recorded: 1598
Coke of Mileham and Godwick — Sir Edward Coke's paternal quartered achievement in the Ashridge Park Coke–Cecil panel
Branch: Coke of Mileham and Godwick, later represented in the Stoke Poges and Holkham continuations
Issued / recorded: c.1600
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