See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• SIR EDWARD COKE (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

COKE (1552-1634)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English lawyer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Mileham, in See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1552 . From the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school of See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich he passed to Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAM (CAO), DIOGO (fl. 1480-1486)

Cam-See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge; and in 1572 he entered See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn . In 1578 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, and in the next See also:

• YEAR

year he was chosen reader at See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon's Inn . His extensive and exact legal erudition, and the skill with which he argued the intricate See also:

• LIBEL

libel See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell (4 See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep . 13), and the celebrated real See also:

• PROPERTY

property case of See also:

• SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1797-1851)
• SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822)

Shelley (1 Rep . 94, 104), soon brought him a practice never before equalled, and caused him to be universally recognized as thegreatest lawyer of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . In 1586 he was made See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of Norwich, and in 1592 recorder of See also:

• LONDON

London, See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, and reader in the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple . In 1593 he was returned as member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for his native See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, and also chosen See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons . In 1594 he was promoted to the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general, despite the claims of See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon, who was warmly supported by the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex . As See also:

• CROWN

crown lawyer his treatment of the accused was marked by more than the harshness and violence See also:

• COMMON

common in his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; and the fame of the victim has caused his behaviour in the trial of See also:

• RALEIGH
• RALEIGH, SIR WALTER (c. 1552-1618)

Raleigh to be lastingly remembered against him . While the prisoner defended himself with the calmest dignity and self-See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession, See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke burst into the bitterest invective, brutally addressing the See also:

• GREAT

great courtier as if he had been a servant, in the phrase, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long remembered for its insolence and its utter injustice—" See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

Thou hast an English See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, but a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart!" In 1582 Coke married the daughter of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Paston, a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk, receiving with her a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of £30,000; but in six months he was See also:

• LEFT

left a widower . Shortly after he sought the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• HATTON, JOHN LIPTROT (1809-1886)
• HATTON, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1540–1591)

Hatton, daughter of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas, second Lord See also:

• BURGHLEY, WILLIAM CECIL, BARON (1521-1598)

Burghley, and granddaughter of _the great See also:

• CECIL

Cecil .

Bacon was again his See also:

• RIVAL

rival, and again unsuccessfully; the wealthy See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young widow became—not, it is said, to his future comfort—Coke's second wife, In 16o6 Coke was made See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the common pleas, but in 1613 he was removed to the office of chief justice of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench, which gave him less opportunity of interfering with the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . The See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change, though it brought promotion in dignity, caused a diminution of income as well as of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power; but Coke received some See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation in being appointed a member of the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . The See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of his conduct as a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, though not unmixed with the baser elements of See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice and vulgar love of authority, has partly earned forgiveness for the harshness which was so prominent in his sturdy See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . Full of an extreme reverence for the common See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law which he knew so well, he defended it alike against the court of See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery, the ecclesiastical courts, and the royal See also:

• PREROGATIVE

prerogative . In a narrow spirit, and strongly influenced, no doubt, by his enmity to the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, Thomas See also:

• EGERTON, SIR PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY

Egerton (Lord See also:

• BRACKLEY
• BRACKLEY, THOMAS EGERTON, VISCOUNT (c. 1540—1617)

Brackley), he sought to prevent the interference of the court of chancery with even the unjust decisions of the other courts . In the case of an See also:

• APPEAL

appeal from a See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence given in the king's bench, he advised the victorious, but guilty, party to bring an See also:

• ACTION

action of See also:

• PRAEMUNIRE (Lat. praemonere, to pre-admonish or fore-warn)

praemunire against all those who had been concerned in the appeal, and his authority was stretched to the utmost to obtain the See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict he desired . On the other hand, Coke has the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of having repeatedly braved the anger of the king . He freely gave his See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion that the royal See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation cannot make that an offence which was not an offence before . An equally famous but less satisfactory instance occurred during the trial of See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• PEACHAM, HENRY (c. 1576-c. 1643)

Peacham, a divine in whose study a See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon had been found containing libellous accusations against the king and the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . There was nothing to give See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour to the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason with which he was charged, and the sermon had never been preached or published; yet Peacham was put to the See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture, and Bacon was ordered to confer with the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges individually concerning the See also:

• MATTER

matter . Coke declared such See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference to be illegal, and refused to give an opinion, except in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, and even then he seems to have said nothing decided . But the most remarkable case of all occurred in the next year (1616) .

A trial was held before Coke in which one of the counsel denied the validity of a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant made by the king to the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield of a See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice to be held in commendam . See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James, through Bacon, who was then attorney-general, commanded the chief justice to delay See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment till he himself should discuss the question with the judges . At Coke's See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request Bacon sent a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter containing the same command to each of the judges, and Coke then obtained their signatures to a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper declaring that the attorney-general's instructions were illegal, and that they were See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to proceed with the case . His See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty expressed his displeasure, and summoned them before him in the council-chamber, where he insisted on his supreme prerogative, which, he said, ought not to be discussed in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument . Upon this all the judges See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell on their knees, seeking See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon for the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of their letter; but Coke ventured to declare his continued belief in the See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty of its substance, and•when asked if he would in the future delay a case at the king's See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, the only reply he would vouchsafe was that he would do what became him as a judge . Soon after he was dismissed from all his offices on the following charges,—the concealment, as attorney-general, of a See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond belonging to the king, a charge which could not be proved, illegal interference with the court of chancery and disrespect to the king in the case of commendams . He was also ordered by the council to revise his See also:

• BOOK

book of reports, which was said to contain many extravagant opinions (See also:

• JUNE

June 1616) . Coke did not suffer these losses with See also:

• PATIENCE

patience . He offered his daughter Frances, then little more than a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to See also:

• SIR

Sir John See also:

• VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the favourite See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham . Her See also:

• MOTHER

mother, supported at first by her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's great rival and her own former suitor, Bacon, objected to the match, and placed her in concealment . But Coke discovered her hiding-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place; and she was forced to wed the man whom she declared that of all others she abhorred . The result was the See also:

• DESERTION

desertion of the husband and the fall of the wife .

It is said, however, that after his daughter's public See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

penance in the See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, Coke had heart enough to receive her back to the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home which he had forced her to leave . Almost all that he gained by his heartless See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy was a seat in the council and in the See also:

• STAR

star-chamber . In 162o a new and more See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable career opened for him . He was elected member of parliament for See also:

• LISKEARD

Liskeard; and hence-forth he was one of the most prominent of the constitutional party . It was he who proposed a remonstrance against the growth of popery and the marriage of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles to the infanta of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and who led the Commons in the decisive step of entering on the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal of the House the famous See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition of the 18th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1621, insisting on the freedom of See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary discussion, and the See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of speech of every individual member . In consequence, together with See also:

• PYM, JOHN (1584-1643)

Pym and Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• PHILIPS, AMBROSE (c. 1675-1749)
• PHILIPS, JOHN (1676-1708)
• PHILIPS, KATHARINE (1631-1664)

Philips, he was thrown into confinement; and, when in the See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August of the next year he was released, he was commanded to remain in his house at Stoke Poges during his Majesty's See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure . Of the first and second parliaments of Charles I . Coke was again a member . From the second he was excluded by being appointed See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of See also:

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF

Buckinghamshire . In 1628 he was at once returned for both Buckinghamshire and Suffolk, and he took his seat for the former county . After rendering other valuable support to the popular cause, he took a most important See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• DRAWING

drawing up the great Petition of Right . The last See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of his public career was to bewail with tears the ruin which he declared the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Buckingham was bringing upon the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country .

At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the session he retired into private See also:

• LIFE

life; and the six years that remained to him were spent in revising and improving the See also:

• WORKS

works upon which, at least as much as upon his public career, his fame now rests . He died at Stoke Poges on the 3rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1634 . Coke published Institutes (1628), of which the first is also known as Coke upon See also:

• LITTLETON (or LYTTELTON), EDWARD, BARON (1589—1645)
• LITTLETON, SIR THOMAS DE (c. 1407-1481)

Littleton; Reports (1600-1615), in thirteen parts; A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise of See also:

• BAIL

Bail and Mainprize (1635); The See also:

• COMPLETE

Complete Copyholder (1630); A See also:

• READING

Reading on Fines and Recoveries (1684) . See See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, Life of Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Coke (1837); H . W . Woolrych, The Life of Sir Edward Coke (1826); See also:

• FOSS, EDWARD (1787-1870)

Foss, Lives of the Judges; See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell, Lives of the Chief Justices; also ENGLISH LAW .