(The Duke of).—A mock title: see quots.
c. 1547. [ELLIS, Hist. of Shoreditch, 170]. When Henry VIII. became king he gave a prize at Windsor to those who should excel in this exercise [archery], when Barlo, one of his guards, an inhabitant of Shoreditch, acquired such honour as an archer that the king created him Duke of Shoreditch on the spot. This … title continued so late as 1683.
1603. Poore Man’s Peticion to the Kinge. Good king, make not good Lord of Lincoln DUKE OF SHORDITCHE, for he is a …
