Identity area
Type of entity
Family
Authorized form of name
Coke family; 13th century-21st century; Earl of Leicester
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
13th century-21st century
History
The family owned land in Norfolk from the 13th century. Sir Edward Coke (1549-1633), Lord Chief Justice, added to the Norfolk estates, inherited Suffolk property and purchased estates in Bucks., Dorset, London, Oxon. and Somerset. The family also acquired property in Derbyshire and Lancashire through marriages of Sir Edward Coke's sons. Non-Norfolk estates were sold c 1750-1820. The family seat is at Holkham Hall, Holkham.
Places
Holkham, Norfolk
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
See Rye's 'Norfolk Families'.
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
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Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
GB/153/NM/65
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Catalogued
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created on: 04/12/2001 by Drosm
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Sources
HMC book on Principal Family Names.