Peter Duke

Family: London · Role: sheriff of London · First appears: King John 14

Life events

• c. 1208 · Henry Fitz Ailwin became mayor, while Peter Duke and Thomas Nele became sheriffs of London.(King John 14 · 📍 London)
  • With: Henry Fitz Ailwin Thomas Nele
  • “they chose for their maior Henrie Fitz Alwin, who was sworne and charged at that present maior of that citie, vpon the day of saint Michaell the archangell, in the said tenth yeare of king John his reigne. On the same day and yeare, were Peter Duke & Thomas Nele sworne for shiriffes.”

King John 14

• sworn: King John (Peter Duke held the office of sheriff during King John's reign.) “After which grant vnto them confirmed, they chose for their maior Henrie Fitz Alwin, who was sworne and charged at that present maior of that citie, vpon the day of saint Michaell the archangell, in the said tenth yeare of king John his reigne. On the same day and yeare, were Peter Duke & Thomas Nele sworne for shiriffes.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.