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Petition of Right

English constitutional document, 1628
Legislation act_of_the_parliament_of_england Q584063
Petition of Right
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Petition of Right

Summary

Petition of Right is an Act of the Parliament of England[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of act_of_the_parliament_of_england entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (459 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Petition of Right authored Edward Coke[3].
  • Petition of Right's instance of is recorded as Act of the Parliament of England[4].
  • 1628 marks the founding of Petition of Right[5].
  • Petition of Right's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[6].
  • Petition of Right's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7].
  • Petition of Right's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[8].
  • Petition of Right's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • Petition of Right's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Petition Exhibited to His Majestie by the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and Commons in this present Parliament assembled concerning divers Rightes and Liberties of the Subjectes: with the Kinges Majesties Royall Aunswere thereunto in full Parliament'}[10].

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Works and Contributions

Petition of Right authored Edward Coke[3].

Why It Matters

Petition of Right ranks in the top 6% of act_of_the_parliament_of_england entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (459 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Edward Coke

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 17OS8j
    Instance of → Act of the Parliament of England
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 +1
    Inception → —
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