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    Duke, Andrew

    Male Abt 1688 - 1727  (~ 39 years)


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    • Name Duke, Andrew 
      Born Abt 1688  of Bulford, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 20 Feb 1727  Free Chapel of St George, Windsor Castle, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I01518  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 2 May 2015 

      Family 1 Davenant, Katherine,   b. Abt 1697, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Dec 1719, Bulford, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years) 
      Married 17 Jan 1718  Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F00619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Webb, Jane Richmond,   c. 26 Apr 1691, St James's Piccadilly, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 12 Sep 1737, Free Chapel of St George, Windsor Castle, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
      Married 27 Oct 1720  Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F00583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Will of Andrew Duke:
        No mention of children, only wife Jane


        From: An account of the family of Duke, of Lake.
        By the Reverend R.E.H. Duke
        Wiltshire Notes and Queries
        Vol. 8 pp 193-205, 241-251, 289-300. March 1915
        Added notes (subject to change) by Gerald Duke November 2003:

        Andrew Duke, first son and heir, of Bulford; matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxon., June 1705, aged 17; mar at Salisbury Cathedral, 17 Jan. 1718, Katherine Davenant. She died 15 December 1719; bur at Bulford. He married secondly, at Luggershall, 27 Oct. 1720, Jane, eldest dau of General John Richmond Webb, some time M.P. for Luggarshall, by the Lady Henrietta Astley; she died 12 Sept. 1737, in the 45th year of her age. He died 20 Feb. 1727, in the 40th year of his age, and was bur with his second wife in His Majesty's Free Chapel of St George, in Windsor Castle, his last resting place being marked by a large blue stone with an inscription, which is printed in Pote's History of Windsor.
        He made his will, dated 17 Sept. 1723, wherein he devised to his wife, Jane Duke, one-third of the manor of Muchendy, als. Muchelndy, Somerset; and he made bequests to his father, Andrew Duke. He made his wife sole executrix, but she renounced, and on 12 May 1731, a commission was granted to William Jones to administer, a law suit pending. He had no issue and was succeeded by his brother, Richard.

        Sheriffs of Wiltshire
        1706: (Thomas Blatch: altered to) Andrew Duke, of Bulford
        1707: Sir James Ashe Bt.

        First Marriage:
        Sarum Marriage Licence
        Day: 27 Month: Dec Year: 1718 Groom Forenames: Andrew junr Groom Surname: DUKE Groom's parish: Bulford Groom's county: Wiltshire,England Groom's condition: bac Groom's occupation: Groom's age: 29 Groom's notes:
        Bride Forenames: Catherine Bride Surname: DEVENANT Bride's parish: Salisbury Close Bride's county: Wiltshire,England Bride's condition: wid Bride's age: 21 Bride's notes: Mrs Place of Marriage: West Harnham/Salisbury Cathedral Bondsman 1: BOURGOUR Peter,gent,Salisbury Close Bondsman 2: Jurisdiction: The Dean of Sarum in Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset and Uffculme, Devon


        Second Marriage:
        Day: 18 Month: Oct Year: 1720 Groom Forenames: Andrew Groom Surname: DUKE Groom's parish: Bulford Groom's county: Wiltshire,England Groom's condition: wid Groom's occupation: Groom's age: Groom's notes: Esq
        Bride Forenames: Jane Bride Surname: WEBB Bride's parish: Ludgershall (Biddesdon) Bride's county: Wiltshire,England Bride's condition: sp Bride's age: 28 Bride's notes: Place of Marriage: Ludgershall/Bulford/Milston/St Tho Salisbury Bondsman 1: SCOLES Robert Esq, Wroughton,Wilts Bondsman 2: Jurisdiction: The Bishop of Salisbury in Wiltshire and Berkshire


        Day: 23 Month: Feb Year: 1729 Age: 69 Forenames: Andrew Surname: DUKE Place: Bulford County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 30066 Notes: brother of Dorothy & Selina

        Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index:
        Forenames: Andr Surname: DUKE Place: Bulford County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 30065 Notes: junr Esq husb of Catherine