Nicholas Duck

Nicholas Duck (1570 – 28 August 1628), of Heavitree and of nearby Mount Radford in the parish of St Leonards, both next to Exeter in Devonshire, was an English lawyer who served twice as a Member of Parliament for Exeter, in 1624 and 1625.

[3] He was born in 1570 at Heavitree, the eldest son of Richard Duck (d.1603) by his wife a certain Joanna (d.1624).

He left the university without a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn, where he commenced his legal training, and of which he was one of the governors from 1615 until his death.

In 1614 he purchased the mansion house and estate of Mount Radford in the parish of St Leonards, Exeter, which he made his seat.

[7] He was Reader at Lincoln's Inn in Lent 1618, and the same year was elected to the honourable position of Recorder of Exeter.