Editing Edward Coke (section)

==Retirement==
[[File:St Mary's church - monument to Edward Coke (1624) - geograph.org.uk - 1555092.jpg|thumb|The monument to Edward Coke in [[Tittleshall#Parish church of Saint Mary|St. Mary's Church, Tittleshall]] in [[Norfolk]].]]

When Parliament was dissolved in 1629, Charles decided to govern without one, and Coke retired to his estate at [[Stoke Poges]], [[Buckinghamshire]], about 20 miles west of London, spending his time making revisions to his written works.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hostettler|1997|p=143}}</ref> He made no attempt to return to politics, stating that the Petition of Right would be left as his "greatest inheritance"; his desire to complete his writings, coupled with his advanced age, may also have been factors.<ref>{{Harvnb|White|1979|p=275}}</ref> Despite his age, Coke was still in good health, and exercised daily. Following an accident in which his horse fell on him, he refused to consult doctors, saying that he had "a disease which all the drugs of Asia, the gold of Africa, nor all the doctors of Europe could cure – old age", and instead chose to remain confined to the house without medical treatment. As he was on his deathbed the Privy Council ordered that his house and chambers be searched, seizing 50&nbsp;manuscripts, which were later restored; his will was permanently lost.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hostettler|1997|p=145}}</ref>

Coke died on 3 September 1634, aged&nbsp;82, and lay in state for a month at his home in [[Godwick]] to allow for friends and relatives to view the body.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bowen|1957|p=461}}</ref> He remained a lifelong Anglican<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9pNAwAAQBAJ&dq=edward+coke+anglican&pg=PA146 | isbn=9781625641922 | title=Varieties of Civil Religion | date=November 2013 | publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers }}</ref> and was buried in St Mary's Church, [[Tittleshall]], Norfolk. His grave is covered by a marble monument with his effigy lying on it in full judicial robes, surrounded by eight shields holding his coat of arms.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hostettler|1997|p=146}}</ref> A Latin inscription on the monument identifies him as "Father of twelve children and thirteen books". A second inscription, in English, gives a brief chronicle of his life and ends by stating that "His laste wordes [were] thy kingdome come, thye will be done. Learne, reader to live so, that thou may'st so die".<ref>{{Harvnb|Bowen|1957|p=462}}</ref> Coke's estates passed to his son [[Henry Coke|Henry]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Hostettler|1997|p=148}}</ref>