Adam RUCK^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1551 - 1625  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Adam RUCK
  Born	Abt 1551  [3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	2B8AABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C3585A5
  Buried	22 Aug 1625	Chartham, Kent, England
  Person ID	I3586	YoungFamily
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	William RUCK,   b. Abt 1510, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England ,   bur. 20 Oct 1571, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Margaret CARTER,   b. Abt 1520,   bur. 11 May 1583, St. Dunstan's, Canterbury, Kent, England  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	Abt 1542	Boughton-Blean, Kent, England   [4]
  _UID	EF7FABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C353E40
  Family ID	F1426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice FORWARD,   bur. 10 Oct 1617, Chartham, Kent, England
  Married	29 Oct 1579	Boughton-Blean, Kent, England
  _UID	DD7FABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C352C20
  Children	1. Katherine RUCK,   c. 4 Jan 1580, Godmersham, Kent, England   2. Edward ^ RUCK,   c. 18 Sep 1580, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England ,   bur. 3 Sep 1602, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England  (Age ~ 21 years)   3. Daniel RUCK,   c. 17 Jun 1582, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England ,   d. 1661, Chartham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 78 years)   4. Thomas RUCK,   c. 3 Oct 1585, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England ,   bur. 18 Sep 1638, Lower Hardres, Kent, England  (Age ~ 52 years)   5. Arthur RUCK,   c. 16 Feb 1589, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England ,   bur. Nov 1671, Chartham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 82 years)   6. Ann RUCK,   c. 15 Aug 1591, St. Dunstan, Canterbury, Kent, England   7. Mary RUCK,   c. 26 Oct 1595, St. Dunstan, Canterbury, Kent, England
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F1374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FILE - Ecclesiastical cause papers - ref. DCb/J/J/2/11 - date: 1 Feb 1596[from Scope and Content] Plaintiff: Rich HAIES vic St Dun Cant; Defendant: Adam RUCKE St Dun Cant; Document: Arts; Case: T FILE - Ecclesiastical cause papers - ref. DCb/J/J/13/76 - date: 6 Oct 1607[from Scope and Content] Plaintiff: Thos THOMPSON arm farm rect Boughton Blean; Defendant: Adam RUCKE Holy Cross Cant; Documents: Arts; Case: TFILE - Ecclesiastical cause papers - ref. DCb/J/J/14/57 - date: 19 Jul 1608[from Scope and Content] Plaintiff: Thos THOMPSON farm rect Boughton Blean; Defendant: Adam RUCKE; Documents: Excep; Case: TFILE - Ecclesiastical cause papers - ref. DCb/J/J/14/75 - date: 28 Feb 1608[from Scope and Content] Plaintiff: Thos THOMPSON; Defendant: Adam RUCKE; Documents: ExsFILE - Ecclesiastical cause papers - ref. DCb/J/J/14/95 - date: 13 Dec 1608[from Scope and Content] Plaintiff: Thos THOMPSON arm farm rect Boughton Blean; Defendant: Adam RUCKE Holy Cross Cant; Documents: Sent; Case: T FILE - Ecclesiastical cause papers - ref. DCb/J/J/36/73 - date: 20 Oct 1625[from Scope and Content] Plaintiff: Arthur RUCKE son exor; Defendant: Danl & Thos R, Cath REYNOLDS als RUCKE childn; Documents: Alleg; Case: Test Adam RUCKE CharthamFILE - Ecclesiastical cause papers - ref. DCb/J/J/36/74 - date: 15 Dec 1625[from Scope and Content] Plaintiff: Arthur RUCKE son exor; Defendant: Danl & Thos R, Cath REYNOLDS als RUCKE childn; Documents: Sent sub-fonds BOXES IN THE BASEMENT series Canterbury leases, "Berksore in Lower Halstead, Canterbury leases" Repository Canterbury Cathedral Archives Level file RefNo CCA-DCc-BB/3/7 PreviousNumbers 36 (C19) Title Lease Date 1594 Description Lessor: Dean and Chapter Lessee: Ruck, Adam, yeoman Two tenements in Holy Cross, Westgate, Canterbury, 16 Dec 1594. PhysicalDescription Parchment, 1m, seal, slightly water damaged Extent Parchment, 1m, seal, slightly water damaged sub-fonds BOXES IN THE BASEMENT series Canterbury leases, "Berksore in Lower Halstead, Canterbury leases" file Lease Repository Canterbury Cathedral Archives Level file RefNo CCA-DCc-BB/3/7/a PreviousNumbers 36 (C19) Title Bond Date 1594 Description Bondee: Ruck, Adam, yeoman Bondsmen are Stephen Spencer and Bartholomew Rowell. Autographs of the bondsmen. Dean and Chapter Bondor Language Latin Language English PhysicalDescription Parchment, 1m, 3 broken and indistinct seals Extent Parchment, 1m, 3 broken and indistinct seals Repository Canterbury Cathedral Archives Level file RefNo CCA-DCc-Bond/286 Title Bond Date 1612 Description Bonder: Rucke, Adam, of Westgate Court, near Canterbury, Kent & Hudson, Thomas, miller, of Holy Cross pa, Canterbury, Kent & Tyler, William, ym, of St Dunstan's pa, Canterbury, Kent Bondee: Canterbury, cathedral, Dean and Chapter 19 Dec. In £30. Witnesses. Condition: fulfillment of terms of indenture bearing same date. Language English & Latin PhysicalDescription Parchment, 1m, 3 seals, 1 a fragment Extent Parchment, 1m, 3 seals, 1 a fragment SubjectIndex Millers SubjectIndex Notaries public

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Proceedings of the Court Baron, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1850205, Rent Roll, Manor of Faversham, 1604, 1621, 1638. 1604 Addam [sic] Ruck assessed for 3 tenements on West Street North at an annual rental of 2.4.0. 1621 Adam Ruck assessed for an annual rent of 1.2.0 for property on West Street North. 1638 concerning property on West Street North, John Swayne was assessed for one "messuage with appurtenances late in the occupation of Adam Ruck" at an annual rent of 0.1.2, while David Fidge was assessed for "two tenements with appurtenances late Addam Ruck's" for an annual rental of 0.1.2. [S90] Will, Consistory Court of Canterbury, Consistory Court of Canterbury, (England, Canterbury: Canterbury Cathedral Archives), PRC/32/47/112 PRC/31/87 R/2, 15 Dec 1625. Will of Adam Ruck of Chartham, Kent, yeoman, dated 16 August 1625, proved 15 December 1625. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the sixteenth day of August 1625 and in the 1st year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles of England, I, ADAM RUCKE, of Chartham, in the County of Kent, yeoman, do in my perfect memory and sense, praised be to God, make and declare my last Will and Testament as followeth: FIRST, my Soul I command into the hands of merciful God assuredly expecting salvation for the merit and passion of my aloved Saviour Jesus Christ and my body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of mine Executor hereinafter named. AND TOUCHING my estate wherewith God hath blessed me, I will and give out of the same unto my daughter KATHERINE REYNOLDS the sum of four pounds of current English money to be paid yearly during her natural life by mine Executor out of the lands hereafter to him devised half-yearly to be paid viz-a-vis at the feast of the birth of our Lord Christ and the Nativity of St. John Baptist by equal portions and for non-payment thereof it shall be lawful for the said Katherine or her assigns to enter into the said lands and distrain for the same and in case she overlives her now husband then I give her the sum of fifty pounds of like money to be paid unto her within half a year after her said husband’s decease by mine Executor and from and after such payment of the said fifty pounds the said yearly payment of four pounds to cease. ITEM, I give unto every one of my grandchildren which shall be living at the time of my decease a piece of gold of ten shillings. ITEM, I give unto DANIEL my son one lease of a messuage and certain lands lying in the parish of Chartham which I hold of the Dean and Chapter of Christchurch Canterbury with all my interest and term of years therein to come. ITEM, I give unto my son ARTHUR RUCKE one lease of a parcel of land which I hold of the Master and Hospital of Eastbridge in Canterbury called Longharre Croft and all my tenure of years therein to come. ITEM, I give unto my son THOMAS RUCKE the sum of forty pounds of current money to be paid within one year after my decease. ALL the rest of my goods and chattels whatsoever I will and give unto my said son ARTHUR RUCKE whom I make sole Executor of this my last Will. TOUCHING my lands and tenements, I give and devise the same as followeth, that is to say: FIRST, I give and devise unto my said son DANIEL RUCKE all and singular my lands, tenements and hereditaments lying and being in the several parishes of Chartham and Chilham in the said County of Kent to have and to hold to him, his heirs and assigns forever. ITEM, I give and devise unto my son THOMAS RUCKE all my lands and hereditaments lying in the several parishes of Nether Hardres, Upper Hardres and Petham or any of them in the said County to have and to hold to him and his heirs and assigns forever. ITEM, I will and devise unto my said son ARTHUR RUCKE all and singular my lands and tenements lying and being in the parishes of Bethersden, Hernehill, Harbledown, St. Dunstan’s and Faversham in the said County of any of them to have and to hold to him and his heirs and assigns forever. AND SO I sign this my last Will and in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. Adam Rucke his mark SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED and DECLARED by the said ADAM RUCKE for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of John Henman his mark and Martha Rucke her mark Richard Luxon, Clerk PROBATE granted to ARTHUR RUCKE 15 December 1625. [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 #0188846, vol. 31, 9 Feb 1571/1572. Will of William RUCKE, of Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, 30 May 1567 [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC17/45/58, 12 Jun 1583. In the name of God Amen the 7th day of May in the 25th year of the reign of our sovereign lady Elizabeth by the grace of god Queen of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, Imprimis. I, MARGARET PORREDGE, widow of the parish of St Dunstan, being sick in body but of good and perfect remembrance, god be praised therefore, do make my last will and testament in form as followeth. That is to say, first I bequeath my soul and body to Jesus Christ my only saviour and redeemer by whose merits I hope to be saved and by no others, to which Christ Jesus with god the father and god the holy ghost, three persons but one god be all honour and glory world without end amen. And for my burial I will my body after my decease to be buried in the church of Saint Dunstan's near Canterbury near to my husband John Porredge. And as concerning my temporal goods which god hath endowed me with all, I give and bequeath in form as followeth, that is to say, first I give and bequeath to Thomas Rucke my son, my second coverlet, one pillow, one blanket and a framed table, one carpet, one silver spoon and 7 pounds of good and lawfull money of England. Item I give and bequeath to Matthew Rucke my son my best coverlet, a table cloth of Diaper, a drinking cloth of Damask, three silver spoons, one candlestick and 10 pounds of good and lawfull money of England. Item I give and bequeath to Adam Rucke my son one feather bed, one bolster, one pillow, one silver spoon, one candlestick, one chest and 7 pounds of good and lawfull money of England. Item I give and bequeath to Syracke Rucke my son one bedstead, one coverlet, one blanket, one caldron, one brass pan, one skimmer, one candlestick, one wine stool, one cushenet, one silver spoon and 7 pounds of good and lawfull money of England. Item I give and bequeath to Richard Rucke my son one feather bed, one bolster and pillow, one brass pot, one kettle, one chafer with ring, one stupnett, one candlestick ( and he to give Arthur Rucke my son 5 shillings to buy a lesser brass pot ), one joined stool, one chest, one cushenet, one silver spoon and 5 pounds of good and lawfull money of England Item I give and bequeath to Arthur Rucke my son one bolster, one pillow, one blanket, two kettles, my best stupnett, one chafing dish, one candlestick, one joined stool, one cushenet, a great chest, one silver spoon, my great gold ring? and 5 pounds of good and lawfull money of England. I will that all my pewter shall equally divided amongst all my sons, Thomas, Matthew, Adam, Syracke, Richard and Arthur. Item I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Porredge the drinking cloth I had at the division. Item I will that all the rest of my linen shall be equally divided amongst my said sons, Thomas, Matthew, Adam, Syracke, Richard and Arthur. Then I will that my best feather bed with the bolster shall be sold if I have not money enough to pay all my legacies. But if I have enough to discharge all my legacies then I will and bequeath the said feather bed with the bolster to Matthew Ruck my son. Item I give and bequeath to Thomasin Rucke my daughter two cushenets and one coffer. Will of Margaret Porredge also Ruck, nee Carter - widow of Canterbury 1583, page 2 Item I will and bequeath to Susan Porredge the gold ring on my finger. I will and bequeath to my sister Saukyn my best gown. I will and bequeath to good wife Powell my gown of sheep's russet garded? with velvet. I will and bequeath to Alice Rucke my daughter my gown of maccadoe? I will and bequeath to Edward Rucke and Daniel Rucke the sons of Adam Rucke my son other of them 10 shillings I will and bequeath to Thomazine Carter and Joane Carter daughters of my brother George Carter other of them half a crown, the one being a quarter of an angel and the other a half crown. I will and bequeath to George Rucke and Anne and Susan Rucke, son and daughters of my son William Rucke my son , other of them 6 shillings. I will and bequeath to my son Adam Rucke's wife and William Rucke's wife other of them a gold ring? Item I will that my son Thomas Rucke shall be my sole executor of this my testament and last will and my brother George Carter and Bartholomew Powell my witnesses that this my will be fully performed. In Witness that this is my true last will and testament of the said Margaret Porredge have hereto set my seal. And I give and bequeath the house and garden with the appurtenances called the George in Westgate Street nigh unto the City of Canterbury in the occupation of Thomas Search unto Richard and Arthur my sons late purchased of Richard Purkon? with the garden now in the occupation of Nicholas Montpare? Probate - 12th June 1583 - Witnesses George Carter and Bartholomew Powell Cushenett - small cushion or pin cushionStupnett - Stewing potMaccadoe - ? Transcript received from Mike Cozens.