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About Richard Duke
Richard Duke was a lawyer and served as Clerk of the Court of Augmentations which position assisted him in acquiring large grants of former monastic lands in the West Country following the dissolution of the monasteries. He served as MP for Weymouth in 1545 and for Dartmouth in 1547 and as Sheriff of Devon in 1563–64.
Everything about Richard Duke →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1545-47 Parliament, Member of the 1547-1552 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1515
- Died
- 1572