Thomas RUCKE

Thomas RUCKE

Male 1625 - 1678  (~ 52 years)

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  • Name Thomas RUCKE 
    Christened 17 Oct 1625  Lower Hardres, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Buried 15 Oct 1678  Lower Hardres, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3445  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2018 

    Father Thomas RUCK,   c. 3 Oct 1585, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Sep 1638, Lower Hardres, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Mary OMER,   b. 1595,   bur. 25 Jun 1661, Lower Hardres, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 25 Sep 1616  Bekesbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth 
    Children 
     1. Mary RUCKE,   c. 10 May 1655, Harbledown, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 29 Mar 1729, Lower Hardres, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     2. Elizabeth RUCKE,   b. 2 Oct 1657, Harbledown, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Adam RUCKE,   b. Abt 1660, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 2 Jan 1719, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
     4. Martha RUCKE,   b. Abt 1662
    +5. George RUCKE,   b. Abt 1665,   bur. 4 Aug 1711, Lower Hardres, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Through the Will of his brother Adam, Thomas received substantial real property holdings vizt, Harmon Sole in Nether Hardres, property in Upper Hardres, Thornton Field in Petham, Thornton Garden in St. Lawrence, Thanet and property in St. George Canterbury.
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      series Chartae Antiquae
      sub-series Chartae Antiquae P

      Repository Canterbury Cathedral Archives
      Level file
      RefNo CCA-DCc-ChAnt/P/33
      PreviousNumbers P 32 (late 19th c)
      Title Bargain and sale
      Date 21 Aug 1651
      Description From: Edwin Fisher of Sheldwich, gent To: Thomas Rucke of Lower Hardres, gent A close of arable land containing 2½ acres called 'the parsonage feild' lying in Preston next Faversham parish, with Preston church to south. The lands formerly belonged to the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral and were conveyed to Edwin by Sir John Wollaston, knight, and others, trustees appointed by parliament for the sale of manors, rectories and glebe lands, by an indenture dated 23 Jun last. The grant is made to discharge the trust placed in Edwin by Thomas and for a payment of 5s. Edwin's signature on plica. Witnesses: Thomas Sowthouse; Simon Rucke, senior; James Love; James Tassell, junior Endorsed with description in 18th cent hand.
      Language English
      PhysicalDescription Parchment, 1m, indented at top, seal wrapped in paper, slightly dirty
      Extent 1 document
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      Lower Hardres churchyard:
      Church Yard. 17. An Altar Tomb for Thomas RUCK, of Harmansole (Farm on Stone St. N.W. of psh) 1678.

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Flm #1866547, Lower Hardres, 17 Oct 1625.

    2. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Flm #1866547, Lower Hardres, Kent, England, 15 Oct 1678.
      Householder of Herman [sic] Sole, Fidus Amicoet Amicus Egenti.