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Preface
PARLIAMENT MAN AND ATTORNEY GENERAL 1552-1606
1593. The scene
Thursday, February 22, 1593. Queen Elizabeth opens her Eighth Parliament
The Commons meet in St. Stephen's: Speaker Coke at work
The Commons at work (continued). The "great bargain," and privileges of the House
Education of Edward Coke, Burghwood, Norwich and Cambridge
1571-1594. The Inner Temple and the law
1593-1594. Francis Bacon fights for the Attorney-Generalship. "The Bacon and the Cook." The Queen's Prosecutor at work
1594-1597. The Lopez conspiracy. Father Gerard. The bloody question and the doctrine of equivocation
1597-1598. The House in Castle Yard. Star Chamber. Death of Bridget Coke
1597-1599. Coke and Lady Hatton
February, 1601. The Essex Rebellion. Coke prepares for the trial
Trial of Essex
Essex confesses. Coke's glory, Bacon's chagrin. The end of a great reign
A new King comes from Scotland. Coke and Bacon are knighted, Cecil becomes a Baron - and Sir Walter Ralegh is arrested for treason
Trial of Sir Walter Ralegh (part I and II)
"All riddle and mystery"
1604. King James and the country
The Gunpowder Plot
Trial and death of the conspirators, Father Garnett. "Two religions cannot stand together"
THE JUDGESHIP
Lord Coke takes his oath as Chief Justice of Commons Pleas. His charge to the Grand Jury at Norwich
1607. Common law versus the prerogative. Fuller's Case. The onset of a long campaign
Parliament steps in. Bonham's Case
Government by proclamation. Parliament is dissolved. Coke takes the battle to Lambeth
Deaths of Robert Cecil and Prince Henry. Coke is removed from the Court of Common Pleas
1613-1615. Chief Justice of England. The realm. Peacham's Case
1615-1616. Coke's fight with Chancery. The Overburg murder
June, 1616. Case of Commendams. King James in Star Chamber. "Pride, prohibitions, premunire and prerogative." Coke is dismissed from the bench
THE PARLIAMENT MAN
1617. Bacon, Coke and Lady Hatton
Parliament of 1621. Pater patriae. The impeachment of Bacon
Parliament of 1621 (continued). Declaration and remonstrance. Coke in the Tower
The Spanish journey and its result. King Charles I. The Parliament 1625
The Five Knights' Case and habeas corpus. Coke's last Parliament (1628). The Petition of Right
1628-1632. Coke's reports. His Institutes of the Laws of England. Farewell to Parliament
Stoke House, the last years. Death of Sir Edward Coke
Chapter notes
Acknowledgments
Sources and method
Bibliography
Source references
Index.
PARLIAMENT MAN AND ATTORNEY GENERAL 1552-1606
1593. The scene
Thursday, February 22, 1593. Queen Elizabeth opens her Eighth Parliament
The Commons meet in St. Stephen's: Speaker Coke at work
The Commons at work (continued). The "great bargain," and privileges of the House
Education of Edward Coke, Burghwood, Norwich and Cambridge
1571-1594. The Inner Temple and the law
1593-1594. Francis Bacon fights for the Attorney-Generalship. "The Bacon and the Cook." The Queen's Prosecutor at work
1594-1597. The Lopez conspiracy. Father Gerard. The bloody question and the doctrine of equivocation
1597-1598. The House in Castle Yard. Star Chamber. Death of Bridget Coke
1597-1599. Coke and Lady Hatton
February, 1601. The Essex Rebellion. Coke prepares for the trial
Trial of Essex
Essex confesses. Coke's glory, Bacon's chagrin. The end of a great reign
A new King comes from Scotland. Coke and Bacon are knighted, Cecil becomes a Baron - and Sir Walter Ralegh is arrested for treason
Trial of Sir Walter Ralegh (part I and II)
"All riddle and mystery"
1604. King James and the country
The Gunpowder Plot
Trial and death of the conspirators, Father Garnett. "Two religions cannot stand together"
THE JUDGESHIP
Lord Coke takes his oath as Chief Justice of Commons Pleas. His charge to the Grand Jury at Norwich
1607. Common law versus the prerogative. Fuller's Case. The onset of a long campaign
Parliament steps in. Bonham's Case
Government by proclamation. Parliament is dissolved. Coke takes the battle to Lambeth
Deaths of Robert Cecil and Prince Henry. Coke is removed from the Court of Common Pleas
1613-1615. Chief Justice of England. The realm. Peacham's Case
1615-1616. Coke's fight with Chancery. The Overburg murder
June, 1616. Case of Commendams. King James in Star Chamber. "Pride, prohibitions, premunire and prerogative." Coke is dismissed from the bench
THE PARLIAMENT MAN
1617. Bacon, Coke and Lady Hatton
Parliament of 1621. Pater patriae. The impeachment of Bacon
Parliament of 1621 (continued). Declaration and remonstrance. Coke in the Tower
The Spanish journey and its result. King Charles I. The Parliament 1625
The Five Knights' Case and habeas corpus. Coke's last Parliament (1628). The Petition of Right
1628-1632. Coke's reports. His Institutes of the Laws of England. Farewell to Parliament
Stoke House, the last years. Death of Sir Edward Coke
Chapter notes
Acknowledgments
Sources and method
Bibliography
Source references
Index.