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1626 - Bef 1699 (~ 73 years)
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Name |
Elizabeth SPAINE |
Christened |
8 Feb 1625/1626 |
Elham, Kent, England |
Gender |
Female |
Buried |
Bef 22 Nov 1699 |
Elham, Kent, England |
Person ID |
I5662 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2021 |
Father |
Richard SPAINE, bur. 27 Jan 1629/1630, Elham, Kent, England |
Mother |
Margery LYON, c. 16 Oct 1580, Elham, Kent, England , bur. 15 Apr 1652, Elham, Kent, England (Age ~ 71 years) |
Married |
22 Oct 1604 |
Elham, Kent, England |
Notes |
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Family ID |
F5886 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Thomas RUCK, c. 29 Oct 1626, Elham, Kent, England , bur. 22 Nov 1699, Elham, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
Married |
9 Nov 1648 |
St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury, Kent, England |
Children |
| 1. Richard RUCK, c. 10 Feb 1649/1650, Elham, Kent, England , bur. 12 Jun 1705, Elham, Kent, England (Age ~ 55 years) |
| 2. Grace ^ RUCK, c. 13 Jun 1652, Elham, Kent, England , d. 1654 (Age ~ 1 years) |
| 3. Anne ^ RUCK, c. 14 Nov 1655, Elham, Kent, England , bur. Bef 22 Nov 1699, Elham, Kent, England (Age ~ 44 years) |
| 4. Elizabeth RUCK, c. 6 Oct 1657, Harbledown, Kent, England , bur. Bef 22 Nov 1699 (Age ~ 42 years) |
| 5. Mary RUCK, b. Abt 1659, bur. Bef 22 Nov 1699 (Age ~ 40 years) |
| 6. John RUCK, d. Aft 22 Nov 1699 |
| 7. Thomas RUCK, c. 20 May 1662, Elham, Kent, England  |
| 8. Daniel RUCK, b. 1666, d. 16 Feb 1744, Elham, Kent, England (Age 78 years) |
| 9. Ann ^ߤ RUCK, c. 3 Jan 1671, Elham, Kent, England , bur. 23 Nov 1671, Elham, Kent, England (Age ~ 0 years) |
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Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
Family ID |
F2015 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Possible father and his Will:
[Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will, PROB 11/208/378]
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, the thirtieth day of March Anno Domini one thousand six hundred forty nine, I, LUKE SPAINE, of the parish of Lyminge in the County of Kent, yeoman, being of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be God therefore do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following,
First I commend and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my only maker trusting assuredly through his mercy and the meritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to be saved and my body I commit unto the earth to be buried in a christianlike manner at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named.
And touching my wordly estate whereof it hath pleased God to make me a steward I do will and appoint the same to be disposed of as hereafter followeth.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my five children, namely THOMAS, WILLIAM, LUKE, JOANE and ELIZABETH to every one of them severally one shilling of lawful English money, to be paid unto them and every of them by my said Executor.
Item, I give and bequeath unto ELIZABETH the wife of my said son THOMAS (my now daughter-in-law) twenty shillings a year of lawful English money to be paid unto her quarterly by my said Executor for and during the term of her natural life.
All the residue of my goods, chattels and household stuff of what kind, nature or quality soever, my debts and legacies being paid and my funeral expenses and probate of this my Will being defrayed and discharged I give and bequeath unto WILLIAM SPAINE my grandchild (son of my said son THOMAS) and him the said WILLIAM I make and ordain the sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
This is the last Will and Testament of me the said LUKE SPAINE published and declared the day and year abovesaid.
Touching all that my manner and Lordship called Boyke with the appurtenances and all rents, issues, amearcements, fines, profits and perquisites of courts whatsoever thereunto appertaining and belonging and also six parts or parcels of land arable and pasture containing by estimation thirty and two acres more or less with the appurtenances situate and being within the parish of Elham in the said County of Kent, whereof I now have and hold a mortgaged estate made unto me by my forenamed son WILLIAM SPAINE by his deed indented bearing date the fifteenth day of December in the twenty third year of the reign of our Lord Sovereign King Charles of England, etc. Anno Domini one thousand six hundred forty seven (as by the samd deed at large appeareth)
Item, my will and meaning is that if in case my said son WILLIAM SPAINE do not redeem the said manner and lands according to the purport and true meaning of the said deed by payment of all such monies as are and shall be due unto me and my heirs and Executors (both for principal and rents) unto him my aforesaid Executor, then my will is that my said Executor shall make up those arrearages of rents which shall be behind at the next Michaelmas the full sum of threescore and ten pounds unto my said son WILLIAM according to a note which he hath under my hand for so much to be paid unto him bearing date with the said deed) and then I give and bequeath the said manor and Lordship and lands with the appurtenances as aforesaid unto him my aforenamed Executor and to his heirs and assigns forever.
And lastly, I will and desire my loving neighbour and friend WILLIAM SIMONDES of Otting in the parish of Elham aforesaid, yeoman, to be overseer of this my last Will and Testament and to be aiding and assisting to my said Executor at and upon all needful occasions (at his my said Executor's costs and charges) to see all things settled and performed according to his understanding of the true intent and meaning thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal dated the day and year first above written.
Luke Spain, his marke
SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED in the
presence of
William Foster, Francis Fostall his mark
Probate 8 Jun 1649
PROBATUM fuit hmoi Testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram venli et Eyuegio viro dno Nathaniel Brent, milite legum dcore curia praerogative magro sive custode ultime constitute octavo die mensis Junii Anno dmi Millimo sexentesimo quadragesinno nono juraments WILLIAM SPAINE nepotis ex filio dict defunct et Executorusin hmoi testamento noiat cui comissa fuit administratio sumi et singulorum bonorum uirium et creditorum dicti defunct de bene et fidelr administrando eadem ... sancta dei evangelia (vigore comissionis) jurates Exh.
The Estate mentioned, called Bowick, Bowyck or, at present Boyke Manor, is located at Ottinge in Elham Parish, Kent, the village of Elham lying close by. Of interest is the fact that the first mention of the name occurs in documents of the years 1122 to 1136 "Boiwiche" being the spelling given. The meaning: "boy" or "young man" plus "wic, " a dwelling place, which would seem to mean the surname of its owners. Family charts generally begin with John Ladd, ob. 1475, though of course, family occupancy antedated him considerably. In the Visitations of Kent he is listed as John Lade of Otting in Elham.
"Bowick, says Hasted's History of Kent, 18th century, is a manor in the southwest part of Elham Parish, situated in the borough of its own name, which was 'in very ancient times' the residence of the Lads' who in several of their old evidences were written de Lad. The manor reputedly passed from the family in 1601 through the marriage of Sylvester Ladd, daughter of one Vincent, into the Nethersole Family. Their wills, preserved in Canterbury, exist from time of Henry VI. (15th century) They constantly styled themselves 'of Elam'."
The manor house which stands today is an example of the "Kentish Hall" house and was begun about 1470, however, there are no longer manorial lands connected with it. Originally, a central hall was constructed, open from floor to roof, without chimney, the fire burning in a central brazier and the smoke escaping or, expected to do so, through slatted openings high up on the walls. On one side of the hall was a double story wing, one containing the parlor and apartment of the owner and wife, the other the buttery and accommodation for maids and children. In the hall on the plastered tile floor strewn with rush, the men servants slept. Fireplaces were for the parlor or the bed chambers. Construction was of wattle, rock and plaster, secured by great timbers of oak.
Many of these timbers came from decommissioned ships and may be seen in the interior ceiling. Later a great chimney was added and a second story was built inside the hall. One large beam near the entrance had its original location in the old monastery of Elam, destroyed at the time of the dissolution of ecclesiastical properties by Henry VIII. Perhaps dating from the same era is the secret room or "priest's hole" which can be entered by pressing a section of Tudor paneling in the drawing room. This room, on the ground floor of one of the original "wings," boasts a large fireplace with dark carved woodwork. Interestingly enough, until the latter part of the nineteenth century a ladder arrangement was used to climb upstairs. Now there is a pleasant staircase.
The appearance of Boyke Manor is striking. Its facade, a National Monument, is storybook Tudor: white with great dark beams, a few, by design, hewn from curving branches; hip roof of tile; mullion windows, and a minimum of brick at the foundation. Boyke today also comprises a thatched barn, dovecote and flower gardens. Its ghost, a restless faceless monk, was exorcized in the 1950s.
The present house displays a brick exterior over the original Tudor construction, with tile roof and is possessed of an 18th century addition set at right angles to the house. At an early date the Rolph family became the owners. The fireplace is the oldest part of the structure and may date from an earlier era than the remainder of the habitation. The house lies at the bottom of a small valley of the same name - Ladwood. On a ridge to the west stands the ancient Lad Wood which gave its name to the old manor which was first recorded as Ladwude in 1240. The first individual owner known is one William Ladd, 1304, who was doubtless lord of Boyke.
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