This man chaired the committee that drafted the 1628 (*) Petition of Right, a testament to his belief that the Stuart monarchs were bound by the Magna Carta.
After a dismissal from politics, this man started his comeback by kidnapping his 14-year-old daughter from his wife and forcibly marrying her to Sir John Villiers. This longtime rival of Francis Bacon started his career as Robert Cecil's hatchet man, destroying the careers of Walter Raleigh and Robert Devereux. In Parliament, he irked James I by introducing the Statute of Monopolies to reform patent issuance and challenging James' right to judge Fuller's Case. This man chaired the committee that drafted the 1628 (*) Petition of Right, a testament to his belief that the Stuart monarchs were bound by the Magna Carta. For 10 points, name this 17th-century English jurist who argued for the superiority of the common law to monarchical authority.
After a dismissal from politics, this man started his comeback by kidnapping his 14-year-old daughter from his wife and forcibly marrying her to Sir John Villiers.
Edward Coke