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Sir Edward Coke |
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Born: February
1, 1552 - Milehan, Norfolk, England
Died: September 3, 1634 - 82 years of age
 Sir
Edward Coke (pronounced "Cook") is largely regarded as the
spiritual
founder of the Delta Chi Fraternity.
His lifetime was spanned by the reigns of Edward VI, Mary Tudor,
Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I. In 1603 Sir Edward Coke was
Knighted by King James.
Coke held many positions, first entering Parliament in 1589, elected
speaker of the House of Commons in 1592, Attorney-General in 1593,
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1606 and Finally Chief Justice of
the Kings Bench ("Lord Chief Justice of England") in 1613, and entered
Parliament again in 1620.
In 1622 King James read of Coke's leadership in the Commons' debate on
the Liberties of Parliament, he ordered Coke's arrest and detention in
the Tower of London. After spending nine months in the Tower of London
Coke went on to fight against imprisonment of men by the Crown without
cause. It was Coke's defense that Common Law should be held superior
to Royal powers. Coke proposed and wrote the historic "Petition of
Rights. (below) The House of Commons forced the crown to adopt it by
withholding a vote on revenue subsidies which King Charles needed to
replenish the Royal Treasury.
Sir Edward Coke's long and storied legal career was responsible for
many of the foundations of common law still in effect today. His
writings are studied by law students the world over, most notably the
rule in "Shelly's Case".
Shelly's case was famous for establishing precedents regarding the
inheritance of land, and was a question on bar examinations for over
three centuries. Such a man was Sir Edward Coke, the spiritual founder
of Delta Chi.
Coke Quotes:
"Lex est tutissima cassis" "The law is the safest shield" Later Sir
Edward Coke was to write "The law is the surest sanctuary that a man
can take, and the strongest fortress to protect the weakest of all; "Lex
est tutissima cassis."
"Petition of Rights": "An Act for the better securing of every free
man touching property of his goods and liberty of his person...
"Be is now enacted that no free man shall be committed by the command
of the King or the Privy Council but the cause ought to be expressed
and the same being returned upon a Habeas Coupus, he shall be
delivered or bailed... Be in now enacted that no tax, tallage, or loan
shall be levied by the King or any minister without Act of Parliament
and that none be compelled to receive any soldier into his house
against his will..." (note the foundations for writ of habeus corpus,
powers of congress and language within our own United States
Constitution.)
"Quad Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub deo et Lege."
(The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.)
"Et domus sua culque est tutissimum refugium"
(A man's home is his castle.) |
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Finding the Delta Chi House |
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Delta Chi Fraternity
Fraternity Row
1217 East Wooster St.
Bowling Green, OH 43403
(419) 372-8326
The Delta Chi house
is located on Fraternity Row, right off of Wooster Street, and can
be located on the
BGSU map as location
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