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| Name |
John RUCK |
| Born |
Abt 1485 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
pre-24 Apr 1542 |
Boughton-Blean, Kent, England  |
| Person ID |
I3624 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Family |
Margaret |
| Married |
Abt 1510 [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. William RUCK, b. Abt 1510, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England , bur. 20 Oct 1571, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England (Age ~ 61 years) |
| | 2. John RUCK, b. 1513, bur. 15 Jul 1600, Sheldwich, Kent, England (Age ~ 87 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1435 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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- Will Rucke Gabriel Boughton under Blean 1623 1623 PRC/32/46/93 PRC/31/83 R/1 1623
Inv Ruck Gabriel Boughton under Blean 1623 1623 PRC/28/10/288 Yeoman, Will 1623
Inv Rucke John Boughton under Blean 1638 1638 PRC/28/18/25 1638
Inv Ruck, Rucke Elizabeth Boughton under Blean 1641 1641 PRC/27/9/51 Film Pos 9/106 Widow, Will 1641
Will Rucke Elizabeth Boughton under Blean 1639 1641 PRC/31/118 R/1 1641
Will Ruck John Boughton under Blean 1661 1662 PRC/32/53/483a PRC/31/131 R/4 1662
Inv Rucke, Ruck John Boughton under Blean 1662 1662 PRC/27/14/85 Film Pos 14/48 Gentleman, Will 1662
Will Rucke George Boughton under Blean 1670 1670 PRC/32/54/670 PRC/31/139 R/1 1670
Inv Ruck George Boughton under Blean 1670 1670 PRC/27/22/91 Film Pos 22/100 Will 1670
Inv Ruck Valentine Boughton under Blean 1685 1685 PRC/27/30/233 Film Pos 30/237 Yeoman, Will 1685
Will Ruck Valentine Boughton under Blean 1685 1685 PRC/32/55/190 PRC/31/155 R/1 1685
Will Rucke Gabriel Lynsted 1676 1680 PRC/17/75/149 PRC/16/304 R/4 1680
Will Ruck John Lynsted 1684 1684 PRC/17/76/177 PRC/16/311 R/2 1684
Will Ruck Gabriel Milton next Sittingbourne 1751 1752 PRC/17/94/398 PRC/16/418 R/3 1752
Will Ruck John Milton next Sittingbourne 1751 1755 PRC/17/95/79 PRC/16/421 R/2 1755
Act Ruck Martha Norton 1643 PRC/3/36a/127 1643
Will Rucke John Elham 1625 1626 PRC/17/65/159 PRC/16/186 R/4 1626
Inv Ruck John Elham 1626 PRC/10/59/109 Will 1626
Will Ruck John Elham 1692 1692 PRC/32/56/141b PRC/31/162 R/2 1692
Will Ruck Thomas Elham 1699 1699 PRC/17/79/335 PRC/16/335 R/2 1699
Will Ruck Richard Elham 1702 1705 PRC/17/80/304 PRC/16/346 R/4 1705
Will Ruck Jane Elham 1709 1709 PRC/17/81/224a PRC/16/354 R/1 1709
Will Ruck Thomas Elham 1773 1775 PRC/17/99/310 PRC/16/445 R/4 1775
Will Ruck William Westwell 1610 1610 PRC/31/58 R/2 1610
Will Ruck Thomas Birchington 1667 1667 PRC/31/136 R/2 1667
Will Ruck George Birchington 1680 1680 PRC/32/54/567 PRC/31/150 R/3 1680
Inv Rucke George Birchington 1680 1680 PRC/27/28/209 Film Pos 28/194 Yeoman, Will 1680
Inv Rucke Thomas Dover Priory 1681 1681 PRC/27/29/170 Film Pos 29/185 Yeoman 1681
Will Ruck Thomas Faversham 1667 1668 PRC/16/281 R/5 1668
Will Ruck Martha Canterbury 1718 1721 PRC/32/59/510b PRC/31/191 R/2 1721
Will Ruck Valentine Hartlip 1729 1729 PRC/17/87/40g PRC/16/392 R/6 1729
Will Ruck Elizabeth Stelling 1720 1741 PRC/17/91/39e PRC/16/407 R/1 1741
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Strong Possibility for parents or grandparents comes from the index of Chancery Records:
Name: Hamon Rukke
Place: Kent
Date: 1404-1426, 1456-1460
Volume: 1
Page: 246
Bundle: 26
NB Henvy IV 1399-1413; Henry V 1413
Name: Elizabeth Rukke
Place: Kent
Date: 1404-1426, 1456-1460
Volume: 1
Page: 246
Bundle: 26
Name: John Rukke
Date: 1442-1450, 1454-1457
Volume: 1
Page: 134
Bundle: 15
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witnesses to will possible relative of Margaret = John Adane, Robert Sulfar and Thomas Austen
Will Astyn Thomas Selling 1544 1545 PRC/17/25/4
Will A' Dane John Throwley 1553 1554 PRC/17/30/102 PRC/16/17 A/4 PRC/3/13/106 1554
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From: 'Deeds: C.4801 - C.4900', A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 6 (1915), pp. 132-146. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64478&strquery=rucke. Date accessed: 02 April 2008.
[Kent.] C. 4924. Grant by Stephen Rukke to John Rukke his brother, and William son of the said John of . . . . at [Hyl]frynden in a certain wood (broca) to wit, whatever descended to him in the said wood after the death of [Maurice] his father, in the parish of . . . . ; to hold to the said John and William and the heirs of William of his body begotten; warranty to John and William, the heirs of William's body or the heirs of John; for this John gave him 8s. beforehand. Witnesses:- Martin and Lawrence of Polle, Gilbert de Thegherst, Richard and John de Yeudenne, William and John de Cranstede, John de Shipregge, William atte Seilyerd and others (named). Whitsunday, 26 Edward [I]. (1297/8)
Endorsed: de terra in Hylfrenden.
[Kent.]C. 4867. Grant by Robert son of the late . . . . de . . . herst to John Rucke, Maud his wife, William their son, and the heirs of William, of 3a. land called 'Brodefeld' and 2a. land called 'Schor . . . . . esland' in Hevere. Monday, the feast of St. . . . the Apostle, 15 Edward II. Faded. (1321/22)
[Kent.]C. 4864. Indenture of defeasance of a charter of feoffment, 9 October, 13 Henry VI, whereby John Rukke of Hevere 'colyer' gave to Sir John Mason and Richard Staneford all his land and all his goods; to wit if John pay them 20l. in the church of Chidyngston within two years, as specified, the charter and seisin had thereon to be void. Chidyngston, 10 October, 13 Henry VI. (1435/36)
[Kent.] C. 5621. Quitclaim by William Rokke of Hevere to . . . . of the same of his right in a way which he claimed to have as his right to his lands called 'Schermanesland.' Hevere, the feast of St. Mary . . . ., 11 [Edward] IV. (1471/2)
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fonds CONFEDERATION OF THE CINQUE PORTS
series Brotherhood Papers
Repository East Kent Archives Centre
Level file
RefNo EK-CP/Bp/200
Title Fragment of circular letter referring to an order made at Sandwich against Edward Spillett and William Ruck for suing writs of restition
Date c.1663
RelatedMaterial Related Material See B.B.f. 283v
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B. 4221. Grant in frank almoin by Simon le Rukke of Hauekhurst, to the abbot and convent of Battle, for the use of the office of sacrist, of a piece of his land and grove called 'Rowghehok,' lying on the hill (dennam) of Cesele in the parish of Hauekhurat, abutting on land called 'Lengeland.' Witnesses:—Thomas atte Cherethe, John de Henselle, and others (named).
'Deeds: B.4201 - B.4232', in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 3, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1900), pp. 305-308. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ancient-deeds/vol3/pp305-308 [accessed 16 August 2020].
C. 4924. Grant by Stephen Rukke to John Rukke his brother, and William son of the said John of . . . . at [Hyl]frynden in a certain wood (broca) to wit, whatever descended to him in the said wood after the death of [Maurice] his father, in the parish of . . . . ; to hold to the said John and William and the heirs of William of his body begotten; warranty to John and William, the heirs of William's body or the heirs of John; for this John gave him 8s. beforehand. Witnesses:— Martin and Lawrence of Polle, Gilbert de Thegherst, Richard and John de Yeudenne, William and John de Cranstede, John de Shipregge, William atte Seilyerd and others (named). Whitsunday, 26 Edward [I].
Endorsed: de terra in Hylfrenden.
'Deeds: C.4901 - C.5000', in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 6, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1915), pp. 146-159. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ancient-deeds/vol6/pp146-159 [accessed 16 August 2020].
Richard Bedell, 'husbondman' of Chesilhurst, to Thomas Bedell and Stephen Kete of Bromley, Robert Cheseman, Richard Hochenson and Henry Rukke of Levesham co. Kent, 'husbondmen,' their executors and assigns. Gift of all his goods, chattels and debts within the realm: and he has put them in possession thereof by delivery of two silver pennies. Dated 24 February, 16 Edward IV.
'Close Rolls, Edward IV: 1477-1479', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III 1476-1485, ed. K H Ledward (London, 1954), pp. 103-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw4/1476-85/pp103-119 [accessed 16 August 2020].
C. 4864. Indenture of defeasance of a charter of feoffment, 9 October, 13 Henry VI, whereby John Rukke of Hevere 'colyer' gave to Sir John Mason and Richard Staneford all his land and all his goods; to wit if John pay them 20l. in the church of Chidyngston within two years, as specified, the charter and seisin had thereon to be void. Chidyngston, 10 October, 13 Henry VI.
'Deeds: C.4801 - C.4900', in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 6, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1915), pp. 132-146. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ancient-deeds/vol6/pp132-146 [accessed 16 August 2020].
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24 BAKER V SPENSER
William Baker of Boughton-under-Blean, co. Kent, gent v Adam Spenser of the same, fellmonger
August 1637 - April 1638
Abstract
Baker petitioned that Spenser had called him a 'lying base fellow' on 28 July 1637. According to a series of depositions taken before Mr Lovelace, between August and December 1637, the quarrel had begun when Baker gave evidence against Spenser at the assizes for not maintaining his hedges properly. When Baker's hogs had trampled Spenser's corn, Baker alleged it was because Spenser's son had called them in, which Spenser replied was 'a base lye'. Baker also claimed that Spenser had cheated the parish of Boughton, Kent, of £5 through his assessment for ship money. Spenser challenged whether Baker was a gentleman which necessitated an investigation by Sir William Le Neve, Clarenceux King of Arms. On 30 November 1637, Le Neve found that Baker was a gentleman entitled to bear the arms Or a Greyhound courant in fess between two Bars Sable which had been confirmed to his uncle George Baker, gent, and his grandfather Christopher Baker, gent, by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux, in 1573. Thereupon the suit proceeded with a fresh libel from Baker on 28 April 1638 claiming that Spenser had said 'I was no gentleman, and aske Baker when you see him what his armes or gentery cost him.' In the meantime, Spenser had procured a remarkable petition signed by sixty eight of the villagers of Boughton-under-Blean which declared that Baker was a yeoman 'of small estate and no inheritance', who was 'no way agreeable to the degree of a gentleman'. It also claimed that Baker had shown little hospitality to the poor, had sat in church as a yeoman and that many other yeomen were preferred before him and taxed at higher rates. A witness on Spenser's behalf also testified that the extra £5 on ship money had been levied at the request of Mr Place, the minister, to repair a parish house, and had been paid back when Baker and others had complained to the sheriff about it. Nevertheless, it appears that Baker won the cause. Spenser subsequently petitioned Lord Maltravers for his release from the messenger's custody, saying that he was now 'hartelie sorry' for his 'provoking words', and that he was 'willing to perform any submission' required.
John Chillenden, aged 52, William Rucke, aged 44, Stephen Partridge, aged 30, Stephen Spenser, aged 31 and Robert Spenser, aged 51, all of Boughton-under-Blean, co. Kent
They had heard William Baker 'give many scandalous and most vile and uncivill speeches against Adam Spenser, sayinge that Adam had cozened or cheated the parish of Boughton of the sum of five pounds which came to the hands of Adam by reason of a cesse made for and towards his Majestie's shipping, which is a most unjust and scandalous imputation and report, for Adam to our knowledge hath made a just accompt with the parish for the same, as by the records of the parish will most plainly appeare.
¶Signed by John Chillenden, William Rucke, Stephen Partridge, Stephen Spenser [his mark]
EM68, Certificate of Spenser's good behaviour
The certificate on behalf of Spenser carried 68 signatures or marks.
'Certificate of Spencer's good behaviour and that Baker was not reputed a gent
These are for truth to certify such in authority as it may concerne that for these seaven or eight yeares last past William Baker of Boughton under the Bleane in the County of Kent hath lived amongst us as a parishioner there in the rancke and condicon of a yeoman and not otherwise, and that not as a yeoman of the better but rather mean quality, as a fermor of small estate and no inheritance at all, and his habite meane, no way agreeable to the degree of a gentleman. In which time he hath much used buying and selling of corne, and shewed little hospitality to the poore or otherwise during his abode amongst us. And hath ever took his place in the church and other places as a yeoman onely (many of that condicon being preferred before him and he for his ability sessed under them). And touching Adam Spencer he was borne in Boughton aforesaid and there lived as an housekeeper of good esteem for these twenty years past and upwards. All which time (for ought we ever heard or observed to the contrary) he hath demeaned himself very quietly justlie and neighbourly. And this much we are all ready to aver whensoever hereunto required as wee testify by our hands hereto subscribed, the sixt of Februarie 1637.'
William Rucke
Richard Cust and Andrew Hopper, '24 Baker v Spenser', in The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640, ed. Richard Cust and Andrew Hopper, British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/court-of-chivalry/24-baker-spenser [accessed 16 August 2020].
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- [S81] Will, Consistory Court of Canterbury, Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0188842, 1537-1542, 24 Apr 1542.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, the eight day of December in the year of our Lord God a thousand, five hundred, forty-one, and in the 33rd year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Henry the eighth,
I, JOHN RUKE, of Boughton-under-Blean, in the County of Kent, being of whole mind and in good memory, make this my present testament and last Will in forms following:
First, I bequeath my soul to almighty God and my body to be buried in the churchyard of Boughton, aforesaid. To the high altar of the said church for my tithes and obligations forgotten and negligently withholden, I bequeath eight [8] pence.
Also, to every of my godchildren I bequeath four [4] pence.
Item, I will that my Executrix or her assigns provide and have at every of the days of my sepulture trigintall and year’s mind, five masses with dirges according, to be sung and said for my soul and all Christian souls, and likewise, at my two year’s mind and three year’s mind, two masses with dirges according.
Also, I bequeath to WILLIAM RUK [sic], my son, those twenty [20] ewes which be in the custody of Thomas Godhew of Selling, paying the said William, or his assigns, unto MARGARET, my wife, or her assigns, yearly during all the term of her life six [6] shillings eight [8] pence at the feasts of Annunciation of our Lady and Saint Michael the Archangel, by even portions.
Item, I bequeath to JOHN RUK [sic], my son, those twenty [20] ewes which be in his own custody, paying in like manner to my said wife yearly during all the time of her life six [6] shillings eight [8] pence at the feasts of Annunciation of our Lady and Saint Michael, in even portions.
Also, I bequeath to the said JOHN, my son, after the decease of my said wife, my new pot of brass containing by estimation four [4] gallons. And also I bequeath to the said WILLIAM, my son, in like manner one other pot of brass containing by estimation four [4] gallons.
The residue of all my goods and chattels before not bequeathed, my debts, bequests and funeral expenses paid, I give and bequeath to the said MARGARET, my wife, whom of this my present testament I make and ordain sole Executrix.
AND AS TOUCHING the disposition of all my lands and tenements with the appurtenances within the said parish of Boughton or elsewhere, my will is that the said WILLIAM RUK, my son, shall have and hold to him, his heirs and assigns forever my messuage, garden and lands with the appurtenances at Boughton Street which the said WILLIAM now occupieth immediately after my decease paying the said WILLIAM, or his assigns, to my said wife, or her assigns, yearly during all the term of her life seven [7] shillings of lawful money of England at four [4] terms of the year, that is to say, Annunciation of our Lady, Nativity of Saint John Baptist, Saint Michael the Archangel and birth of our Lord God, by even portions.
Also I will that my said wife and her assigns shall have and occupy mine messuage that I now dwell in, gardens and all my other lands and tenements with the appurtenances and the profits thereof to take to her proper use of and by all the term of her natural life, keeping reparations and paying the rent thereof. And after the decease of my said wife, I will that the said messuage, gardens, lands and tenements to the said MARGARET before assigned for term of life, remain entirely to the said JOHN RUK, my son, and to his heirs and assigns forever, upon such condition as followeth, that is to say, that and if the said JOHN pay or do to be paid, his heirs, executors or assigns pay or do to be paid, to the said WILLIAM RUK, his heirs, executors or assigns sixty [60] pounds of lawful money of England within three years next and immediately following after the decease of the said MARGARET, that is to say, within one year next after her decease five pounds, six shillings eight pence and so every year one after the other next following, five pounds, six shillings, eight pence until the said sixty pounds, six shillings eight pence in form aforesaid be fully paid and satisfied, PROVIDED always that and if the said JOHN, his heirs, Executors or assigns make default in payment of the said sixty [60] pounds six shillings eight pence in part or in all against manner and form before mentioned then I will all the said messuage, gardens, lands and tenements with the appurtenances before assigned to the said JOHN and his heirs, wholly remain to the said WILLIAM and his heirs for ever upon such conditions as followeth, that and if the said WILLIAM RUK, pay, or do to be paid his heirs, Executors or assigns pay or do to be paid, to the said JOHN RUK, his heirs, Executors or assigns within the said three years next after the decease of the said MARGARET, my wife, thirty [30] pounds of lawful money of England, that is to say, every year of the said three years, ten [10] pounds until the full payment of the said thirty [30] pounds.
This witnesseth John Adane, Robert Sulfar and Thomas Austen
PROBATE granted 24th day of April 1542 to John Adane and Thomas Austen
Will of John Rucke, Sr. of Boughton-under-Blean
- [S81] Will, Consistory Court of Canterbury, Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0188842, 1537-1542, 24 Apr 1542.
Will of John Rucke, Sr. of Boughton-under-Blean
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