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Richard Duke | |
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| Sheriff of Devon | |
| In office 1563-1564 | |
| Member of Parliament for Dartmouth | |
| In office 1547 | |
| Member of Parliament for Weymouth | |
| In office 1545 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1515 |
| Died | 8 September 1572 (aged 56–57) |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Franke Joan Hoby |
| Children | 2 |
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Richard Duke (c. 1515 – 1572) 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.
- ^ Heralds' Visitation of Devon, 1620