Richard Duke (English lawyer)
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title:
Richard Duke (English lawyer)
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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.
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British lawyer and politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Duke_(English_lawyer)
date created:
2012-10-14T23:14:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T07:31:53Z
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