Original sentence: On 20th September 1610, Edward Coke, then Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, was called before the Privy Council and he was asked to give a legal opinion as to whether the king, by proclamation, might prohibit new buildings in London, or the making of starch of wheat, these having been referred to the king by the House of Commons as grievances and against law
Edited sentence: On 20th September 1610, Sir Edward Coke, then Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, was called before the Privy Council and he was asked to give a legal opinion as to whether the king, by proclamation, might prohibit new buildings in London, or the making of starch of wheat, these having been referred to the king by the House of Commons as grievances and against law