He became Abbot of St Benet's Abbey in 1530.[5] He retained the abbey in commendam on being appointed bishop of Norwich; the community there was suppressed in 1539.[6][7]
He was one of the authors of The Bishops' Book of 1537.[8] A theological conservative, he was one of the group trying, without success, to have the Book include material defending pilgrimages.[9] He disputed publicly with Robert Watson, an early evangelical Protestant, in 1539, on the topic of free will.[10]
Resignation
He resigned his diocese in 1549. Reasons given are financial problems,[5] and royal anger at his sloth in opposing Kett's Rebellion (which may have amounted to sympathy).[11]Gilbert Burnet claimed that the see was needed as place to move Thomas Thirlby, bishop of Westminster, so that Nicholas Ridley could be translated from Rochester, to become bishop of London.[12] Rugge had in fact long been a thorn in Thomas Cranmer's flesh, and after Kett was put down he was eased out in disgrace, but pardoned and pensioned off.[13]
Family
"The family of Rugg, took their name from a lordship, or hamlet in the town of Pattingham in Staffordshire, and were of good degree and eminency; (fn. 7) the younger branch came into Norfolk: in the 49th of Edward III. Nicholas Rugg, second son of John Rugg, of Rugg, seated himself there, and was father of Clement Rugge, who was living in the 12th of Henry IV. his son William was father of Thomas Rugge, who occurs in the 23d of Henry VI.; and left Robert Rugge of North Repps, his son and heir, in the 2d of Edward IV. father of William, whose son Robert lived in the 1st of Edward V. and was father of William, of North Repps, Gent."[14]
William Rugge, abbot and bishop, was the son of William Rugge (d.1512) of Northrepps and Agnes – who had four sons, Nicholas, Roger, William, Bishop of Norwich, and Robert.[14]
Children of William Rugge and Agnes:
William Rugge alias Repps, Bishop of Norwich 28 Henry VIII[15]
The Bishop's much younger brother, Robert Rugge (by 1503 – 18 February 1558/9), of Norwich in Norfolk, was an English politician.[17] «In the 24th of Henry VIII. William Rugge, abbot of St. Bennet's conveyed the manor of Greengate to Robert Rugge, his brother, alderman of Norwich, which the said Robert held in 1558, with that of Spicer's alias Berd's, in Hoveton St. John, and St. Peter, Tunstead, Belaugh, and Ashmanhaugh; the last sold to him also by the late abbot, his brother.»[18] Robert m. 1) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wood of Norwich,[17] gentleman of the horse to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk,[15] they had 5 sons and 3 daughters; 2) Alice (d.1566), daughter of William Wayte of Tittleshall, widow of William Hare of Beeston.[17] He made his will on 24 December 1558 and died on the following 18 February. He gave his wife Alice a life interest in certain lands and a house, furnishings and plate, and divided the remaining lands between his elder sons William and Francis. The executors were William and Francis Rugge. He had two sons-in-law, Robert Flint and George Thimblethorpe.[17]
Children of Robert Rugge (d.1558/9) and Elizabeth Wood:
Robert, Archdeacon of Suffolk.[15][19] He matriculated sizar from Trinity, Cambridge at Michaelsmas 1547.[20]
John Rugge[15] (d.February 1581/2[20][21]), 3rd son,[17] Achdeacon of Wells, who married Jane Brune,[15] the daughter of Sir John Brune (d.1559[22][23]) and Jane Bampfield.[24][25][26] He matriculated pens. from Trinity, Cambridge at Michaelsmas 1548.[20] When his father made his will on Christmas Eve 1558, John was a priest who had gone into exile under Mary, spending some time in Italy with Thomas Wyndham. His father left him £4 a year, with the proviso that if on his return he remained in the ministry this should be exchanged for the advowson of the archdeaconry of Sudbury.[17]
Francis Rugge,[15] 4th son (1535–1607[27]), was Freeman, Norwich 1563, alderman from c.1570, sheriff 1572-3, and Mayor of Norwich 1587-8, 1598-9, 1602-3. He was the son of Robert Rugge by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wood, and married Anne, daughter of John Aldrich (by 1520–1582[28]) and Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Sotherton, alderman of Norwich,[28][29] on 14 June 1561 at Norwich.[30] Anne had previously been married to Nicholas Bacon (d.1560[31]), on 19 February 1559 at Saint Clement in Norwich. Rugge’s elder brothers became landed gentlemen or clerics, while he inherited his father’s position as a Norwich mercer. He was also left two manors and some money and plate on his father’s death in 1559.[29] Children of Francis Rugge and Anne Aldrich:
Robert, baptised on 12 July 1562,[32] buried on 21 July 1562 at St. Clement's Church, Norwich[33]
Jone, a daughter, baptised at home in January 1563/4 in Norwich by the midwife,[34] buried on 22 January 1563/4 at St. George Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England[35]
Dyones (also spelled Dyonise or Dyonice), who married George Thimblethorpe[36][15]
Elizabeth, who married Robert Flint of Norwich[15]
William Rugge (d.1616[37]), Esq. son of Robert, was heir to his uncle, the Bishop, and lived in Brian's Manor in Felmingham in Norfolk, as did his son Thomas, whom he had by his wife Thomasyne.[14] William Rugge, Esq. was lord of North Repps in 1572, and married Thomasine, daughter of Sir Robert Townshend of Guiest, Justice of Chester, and the widow of William Curson of Beckhall and Bilingford.[19] Children of William Rugge and Thomasine Townsend:
Thomas,[15] who married Bridget[38] Pennell of St. Margaret, Westminster, spinster, at St. Mary, Westminster, on 8 February 1607/8.[39] Thomas matriculated Fell.-Com. from Trinity c. 1595.[20] Bridget was the daughter of William Pencell of Lyndreth in Worcester.[15] Children of Thomas Rugge and Bridget Pennell:
Robert,[15] matriculated Fell.-Com. from Corpus Christi at Easter 1626.[20] He was probably the Robert Rugge[40][41] who on 6 November 1634 at Bergh Apton married Constance Tayler, the daughter of Henry[42] Taylor (d.1650[42]), a justice of the peace and lord of Hardingham Hall, and had by her a son and three daughters.[43] Constance survived Robert, and as his widow remarried twice. She married 2) John Cowper of Reymerston on 19 October 1654 at Reymerston, Norwich in Norfolk;[44] 3) by 1658[45] Thomas le Hunt, and had by him a son, George Hunt.[43] About 1713 George le Hunt of New Bukenham is said to have a 4th part of the lordship of Hardingham.[46] He married Mary Hart on 21 December the same year, 1713, at Bunwell in Norwich.[47] Mary, his wife, who died June 30, 1721, aged 51 years, lies buried in Shropham, Breckland Borough, Norfolk.[48][49] Ambrose Meers of Easton by Norwich is said to have the other 3 parts of Hardingham in 1713. Around 1680 it appears that John Meres of London, Gent., John Palgrave, Esq. and Richard Parker, had a right in Hardingham.[46][50] Thomas Rugge mortgaged the manor of Northrepps to John Palgrave in 1667.[51] There is an altar tomb on the south side in the churchyard of Carleton Rode in Norfolk for Thomas le Hunt, Esq. son of Sir George le Hunt of little Bradley in Suffolk, 2 January 1703, and Margaret, his relict, 6 November 1716.[52] George Le Hunt late of New Bukenham was buried at Carleton Rode on 5 February 1721/2.[53] Three children can be found baptised to Thomas Le Hunt and his wife Margaret. Elizabeth Le Hunt baptised on 17 January 1669/70 at Flordon, George Le Hunt, born on 30 April 1672, baptised on 14 May 1672 at Carleton Rode, and Tabitha born on 30 November 1674, baptised on 15 December 1674 at Carleton Rode, who married Christopher Browne, gentleman, on 5 February 1713 at Bunwell. The entry for her marriage is the one directly preceding the entry of her brother's marriage. While it was not unusual in the period to start over again and give the children of the second marriage the same Christian names as the children of the first marriage (or even more rarely, sometimes even giving the children from the same marriage the same Christian name), the possibility that there was only ever one son born to this Thomas Le Hunt named George, and that he was the son of Margaret, not Constance, must be considered. Constance, the wife of Thomas Le Hunt, Esquire, was buried on 16 January 1662/3 at Reymerston, Norwich in Norfolk,[54] perhaps next to her second husband, who had been buried in the same place on 11 February 1657/8.[55] Children of Robert Rugge and Constance Taylor:
Thomas Rugge[42] (1640–1668), gentleman and lord of Hardingham Hall in Norfolk. He may have been the Thomas Rugge who was admitted Fell.-Com at Caius, Cambridge, 1663, and gave the works of Paracelsus to the College Library.[20] Thomas married Elizabeth[43] Goldisborough (1641–1696+[56]) of Brentwood, Essex, by allegation dated February 1663. According to An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Launditch he died without issue in 1660, and the estate was divided amongst his three sisters and coheirs, and their children.[43] But he must have been the Thomas Rugg Genr (generosus, gentleman) who was buried on 24 November 1668 at Hardingham, Norwich. Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas, was living in 1680. She married again to Henry Beecher, Esq. of the Inner Temple,[43] by marriage license dated 10 July 1671.[57] She still had an interest in Hardingham Hall.[43] In fact, Elizabeth was still alive in 1696, and still protecting her interest in Hardingham Hall.[56] Thomas Rugge, Gent. in or about 1660, mortgaged North Repps, with the manor of Hardingham, to Robert Clayton, Esq. afterwards a knight, and lord mayor of London.[19] Children of Thomas Rugge and Elizabeth Goldisborough:
Robert Rugge, baptised on 23 February 1665 at Hardingham
Thomas Rugge, baptised on 3 March 1667 at Hardingham
Elizabeth,[42] baptised 21 July 1642 at Hardingham
Maria,[42] baptised 24 December 1643 at Hardingham
William,[15] buried 19 September 1641 at Northrepps.[58] He matriculated from Corpus Christi, Cambridge at Lent 1629/30[59]
Henry Repps[15] (b.1574[20]), died without issue,[15] admitted Fell.-Com. at age 17 at Caius, Cambridge, 7 October 1591. Born at Bylaugh, Norfolk. Went to school in Fakenham, Norfolk, with Mr. Ward.[20] His father is referred to as William Rugge of Bylaugh, Esq., in 1587[60]
Muryell, died without issue,[15] baptised on 24 June 1575 at Norwich
Elizabeth, m. 1) Robert Tilney, Esq.,[61] of East Tudenham in Norfolk; 2) Christopher Layer,[15][62] the son of Christopher Layer (1531–1600) of Norwich, merchant, burgess of Norwich, and briefly a Member of Parliament, and Barbara Steward, the daughter of Augustine Steward, mercer, alderman and Mayor of Norwich
Thomas Rugge, the diarist, was also of this family. His great-grandnephew the Reverend William Rugge, Rector of Buckland (16 May 1740 – 2 November 1786), had the same coat of arms as William Rugge, Bishop of Norwich. The Reverend William Rugge was the grandson of the nephew of the diarist, John Rugge (d.1720) of the Inner Temple, London and Stirtloe, Buckden in the county of Huntingdonshire, gentleman, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Wright, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. Their son William Rugge of Conduit Street, St. George Hanover Square, London, was the father not only of the Reverend, but of Mary Rugge (1752 – 22 February 1838) who married Sir Charles Price, 1st Baronet (1747 – 1818), merchant in the City of London, shipowner, Lord Mayor of London and politician, on 16 December 1773 at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. Through this marriage they were the ancestors of the Price, later Rugge-Price baronets, of Spring Grove.
The Rugge-Price baronets of Spring Grove are therefore direct descendants of this family.
[T]he family now quarter the arms of Rugge and use the Rugge crest in addition to their own[63]
From his monument in Buckland Church, the coat of arms of the Reverend William Rugge, Rector of Buckland is described as:
Arms: Gules a chevron engrailed between three mullets pierced Argent.[63]
Of the arms of William Rugge, Bishop of Norwich, it is said:
William Rugge, Esq. of Felmingham, is said to have changed his arms, per fess, sable and argent, and unicorn saliant, counterchanged, armed, mained and unguled or, to that of gules, a chevron engrailed, between three mullets pierced, argent; but Richard de Rugge, who lived in the 2d of Richard III. and the Bishop of Norwich, bore, as it appears, this last coat.[14]
St. Andrew's Church, Norwich
These two men shared one coat of arms: Gules, a chevron engrailed, between three mullets pierced, argent
Of this family was probably also the ship surgeon John Rugge (d.1761), surgeon of His Majesty's ship the Falmouth, who was buried in India on 2 June 1761. He leaves his entire estate to William Rugge of Conduit Street, Esquire, and appoints him sole executor.[64]
Of this family was also the husband of Elnathan Rugge (d.1685[65]), widow, of Buckden in Huntingdonshire, who mentions "my nephew John Rugg of Bugden". She gives him 'my silver tankard that hath his arms upon it' and a vast deal more.[65]
The Rugge coat of arms can be seen on the monument of Francis Rugge (1535–1607), Mayor of Norwich at St. Andrew's Church in Norwich,[27] though the chevron does not appear to be engrailed.[66]Francis Blomefield, Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk, however, confirms this to be the coat of arms of Rugge in his An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 4, Containing the History of Norwich, Part II.[67] The coat of arms of Rugge quarters, 1st, arg. a chevron ingrailed between six keys sab. 2d, arg. a chevron ingrailed sab. between three birds. 3d, Brome. There is a crescent for difference. The said quartered coats impale Aldrich, and there is a shield of Aldrich single.[68]
Of the other coats of arms the Rugge coat of arms is quartered with, Argent, a chevron, between three birds (martlets), sable, appears to be the coat of arms of Elizabeth Wood, Francis Rugge's mother.[69]
According to The Visitations of Norfolk the arms of Rugge were quartered with Argent, a chevron engrailed between three pairs of keys addorsed sable as early as in 1552.[15] Edmund Farrer identifies this coat of arms as that of Mynshawe.[70] This indicates a Rugge marriage to a Mynshawe heiress prior to that date.
↑ Attribution by Bale: Robert W. Dunning, The West-Country Carthusians p. 37. Christopher Harper-Bill (editor), Religious Belief and Ecclesiastical Careers in Late Medieval England: Proceedings of the Conference Held at Strawberry Hill, Easter, 1989 (1991).
↑ St. George, Henry; College of Arms (Great Britain); Lennard, Samson; Rylands, J. Paul (John Paul); Colby, Frederic Thomas (1885). The visitation of the county of Dorset, taken in the year 1623. Columbia University Libraries. London [Mitchell and Hughes, printers].
↑ 1561. M.r Frauncis Rugge and An Bacon was maryed the . 14 . Day of June Anno 1561 at St. Clement and St. Edmund, Norwich
↑ "Will of Nicholas Bacon, Grocer of Norwich, Norfolk – The National Archives". Published by Ancestry here. 13 February 1561. to my lovinge mother mysteres Alice Bacon to make her a rynge on for a remembrance xLs And I give lykewyse to my mother Aldriche other xLs And I give to my good and lovinge father Mr Henry Bacon and to my father in lawe Mr John Aldriche to be assistinge to my welbeloved wyef to eche of them five pounds to make eache of them a ringe for a remembrance And I give to my brother Bryan and to every one of my Sisters[?] to each of them in money xxs [20 shillings]. And all the residue of my goods by what name soever they maye be cauled my debts beinge paied and this my presente Testamente beinge pformed I doe wholy give them to my welbeloved wyef Anne Bacon whome I do ordaine and make my only and sole executrix of this my saide laste will and testament
↑ Robt Rugg the Sonne of Mr ffrauncis and Anne Rug was Baptizd the 12. July 1562 at St. Clement, Norwich, Norfolk, England. NORWICH ST. CLEMENT baptisms 1538–1665; marriages 1541–1666; burials 1539–1666. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 6/1
↑ Roberte Rugg the Sonne of M.r Frauncis Rug was buryed the 21. day of July Anno Dm. 1562 at St. Clement, Norwich, Norfolk, England. NORWICH ST. CLEMENT baptisms 1538–1665; marriages 1541–1666; burials 1539–1666. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 6/1
↑ Jone Rugge the daughter of Mr ffrauncis Rugge was baptised the [...] of January at home by the midwife 1563 at St. George Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 7/1
↑ Jonne Rugge the daughter of mr ffrauncis Rugge buried ye 22 Janur 1563 at St. George Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 7/1
↑ "Will of William Rugge of Felmingham, Norfolk – The National Archives". Published by Ancestry here. 9 February 1616. In the name of God Amen The ffirst day of September in the yere of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred and ffifteene I William Rugge of ffelmingham in the Countie of Norff [Norfolk] Esquire doe make and declare this my last will and Testament in Writinge Revokeing hereby both in deede and law all former willes and Testaments, ffirst I Comende my Soule into the most mercifull hands of the Allmightie God faithfully and most assuredly belevinge through and by the Grace and passion of my only Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christe his dearly beloved sonne that he will Receive my soule into his glorious kingdome there to rest eternally in the blessed Company of the holy Angells and the blessed Saints Amen. And as concerninge my body I will the same to be buried in the Chauncell of and in the parishe Church of Billingforde by the good ffavours C wch I moste humbly intreate of the honorable Sr Edwarde Cooke knight nowe Lord Cheiffe Justice of England and of his Ma[jes]tie moste honorable privy Counsell nowe proper owner and patrone thereof nere to the body of my most derebeloved wife in decente and convenient sorte without pompe or great solempnity. And I moste humblie intreate my wor[shipfu]:ll and worthy true freinde Mr Willm Hunte Doctor of Divinitie to preache at C in the daye of my buryall and for his paines to be taken for the sume if so it shall please him to graunte and satisfie this my hartie Bequeste I doe give unto him A Blacke gowne with a hoode to it accordinge to his degree besides Tenne Shillinge in money. And I most hartely also doe intreate my wor[shipfu]:ll approved good friende Mr Anthony Maxey Doctor of Divinitie that if the said Mr Doctor Hunte then be not liveinge or shall not be able by sickenesse or weakenesse of boddye or otherwyse to preache at and in the daye of my buriall aforesaide (as my hartie desire is) the said Mr Doctor Maxey to preach at and in the daye of my saide buryall and to supply his place, and for his paynes to be taken therein I doe give him as before I did give and will unto the said Mr Doctor Hunte my said wor[shipfu]:ll true friende. And ffurther I will that after the said Sermon be made at my buryall that then after that, three other Sermons to be quarterly made and preached in the said Church of Billyngford for that yere In which I shall be buried. And from thencefeforthe then I will that ffower Sermons yerely to be also quarterly made and preached in the saide Churche of Billingforde by my said wor[shipfu]:ll true friende Mr Doctor Hunte whome from the botome of my harte I doe intreate to preach at my buryall as aforesaid, and likewise to preach all the quarter Sermons aforesaid if so it shall please him to grante and satisfie this my hartie request. And I most hartily also doe intreate my said approved wor[shipfu]:ll good ffreinde Mr Doctor Maxey that when my saide my said assured wor[shipfu]:ll good ffreinde Mr Doctor Hunte cannot pforme the place to preache in the said Churche (as my former desyre is) that then the said Mr Doctor Maxey my said wor[shipfu]:ll deere freinde would be pleasd at this my hartie desyre to supplye the place And I doe give unto him for his said paynes for every of the said Sermons that he or they shall so preach sixe shillings Eight pence. And if it shall at any tyme happen after my decease that neyther of my wor[shipfu]:ll singuler good ffreindes Mr Doctor Hunte nor Mr Doctor Maxey cannot or shall not pforme the place as before I have desired by reason of their not beinge in this Country but are Resident and abydeinge in other Counties Then my will and desire is that Thomas Rugge my Sonne my sole Executor shall nomynate and appointe suche graduate not under the degree of or master of Arte or learned and godly hereafter of eyther the Universities of Cambridge or Oxforde to pforme and supply the place whiche said preachinge in the aforesaid Church of Billingfod in manner and forme aforesaid I will to bee and Contynne there in ppetyty [perpetuity] and for ever. And further I will that all and every the said preacher and preachers presently from and after every of their said Sermons shall have given and paid unto them sixe shillings and Eight pence of lawefull money of Englande. And To thende that the said sixe shillings and Eight pence maye be duely as is aforesaid accordinge to this my very will and full meanynge I doe Chardge all that my Close or grounde inclosed Called Reppes Close in ffelshingham in the County of Norff [Norfolk] aforesaid with the appurtenance now in the forme and occupacon of Robt Moone Sonne of Thomas Moone deceased to be byable to to distresse and distresses for defaulte of payement or payements of any the quarterly payements of the same. And in the name of Allmightie God I doe stranghtly chardge and require my Sonne Thomas Rugge and his Children and also all and everie suche other p[er]son and p[er]sons and likewise all suche and these that by discent or remaynder or by any other wayes or means whatsoever or howsoever that shall after my decease have possessd and enioye the said Close or grounde inclosed with th appurtenences Called Reppes Close in ffelsingham to paye the aforeaid Sixe shillings and Eight pence in manner and forme as by me before in this my last will and Testament is declared And my will and full meanynge is that if any defaulte of payement at any tyme after my decease shall be of the aforesaid Sixe shillings and Eight pence in manner and forme as before in this my will is expressed and declared that then and from thenceforthe it shall and maye be lawefull to and for the Churchwardens of Billingeforde aforesaid for the tyme beinge and to and for any one of them to enter into my said Close or grounde inclosed called Reppes Close in ffelmingham aforesaide there to enter and distruyne for the same as is aforesaid and also to be fully satisfied and paid all and every such Chardge and Charges and expences as they the said Churchwardens for the tyme beinge or any one of them shall at any tyme be at, or expend, for aboute or concerninge any waye the said distresse and distresses and every of them. And I also will that within one yere after my decease my Executor or sooner if so conveniently it maye doe to be Cleane and workemanlike made under the East window in the Chauncell in the parish Church of Billyngeforde aforesaid right against the boddy of my moste beloved wife where it nowe lyeth buried and the body of my selfe by me before willed to be buried by and nere her said boddye under the good favor and good leave of the honorable Sr Edward Cooke knight Lord Cheife Justice aforesaid and of his ma[jes]t[i]s most honorable privy Counsell some Convenient memory or memoryall of my selfe and of my said lovinge wife and of my Children to be putt sett and to worke the same in the walls under the Easte windowe in the Easte ende in the Chauncell of the parish Church of Billingeforde aforesaide if there safely without daunger of the said wall of the said Easte ende conveniently it maye be there sett wrought and done, otherwise as it shall be thought beste and meteste to or by my Executor soe that it maye be sett not ffarre of from the place where the body of my said loveinge wife nowe lyeth buried and of my body also where is to be buried nere and by the same. And I also will ffortie markes of lawfull money of Englande to be bestowed by my Executor uppon and aboute the Cleane makeinge workinge and p[er]fectinge of the same. And I most hartely intreate my said wor[shipfu]:ll true freinde maister Doctor Hunte to assiste and ayde my Executor wth his freindly deuise and direccon in and aboute the memory and memoryall before by me willed to be made and done as before is is menconed and declared. And also to his good learninge wysdome and best devise shall seeme and bee thought moste necessarie and Convenient and for his paynes to be taken in and aboute the memory and memoryall aforesaid I doe give unto him ffortie shillings And if it shall fortune the saide Mr Doctor Hunte then not to be livinge or not to be able by sicknesse or weakenesse of body to pforme my hartie requeste therein as aforesaid, then I likewise praye and hartely desire my said wor[shipfu]:ll good lovinge ffreinde Mr Doctor Maxey to pforme and doe the same as before the saide Mr Doctor Hunte should have done. And for his paynes and advise therein I doe give unto him as last before I did give unto the said Mr Doctor Hunte my said wor[shipfu]:ll worthy true ffreinde. And if it shall happen that the said Mr Doctor Hunte nor Mr Doctor Maxey shall not be then Resydent nor abidinge in this County then my Will and hartie desire is that the said memory and memoriall as aforesaid to be done and made by and at the discression of my said Executor and some other learned man whome he shall nomynate and appointe for and aboute the same. And as concerninge my Mannors lands Tenements and hereditaments, ffirste I will and devise unto Thomas Rugge my sonne and to the heires of his boddie lawfully begotten and to be begotten all that my Mannor of Northreppes in the County of Norff [Norfolk] with the Rights members and appurtenances thereof. And also that my Mannor of Hayles Halle in Melton in the County of Norff [Norfolk] with the Rights members and appurtenances thereof. And all that my Mannor of Greengat in Hoveston St Johns in the County aforesaid with the rights members and appurtenances thereof and likewise my Tenement and lands in Hoigham nowe Norwiche with all and singuler their appurtenances. And likewise my Tenement Wynspurres in the said County of Norff [Norfolk] with all my landes, used and occupied to and with the same with all and singuler the appurtenances thereof. And also all my Capitall messuage or mansion house of or in ffelmingham aforesaid, Excepte the landes I bought of Reynold Allen of Colby lyinge in Nortwalsham comonly called kebelowes or by whatsoever other name or names it be knowne or Called. And also excepte my twoe messuages in Byntre and Twyford or ub both or eyther of them in the County of Norff [Norfolk] with all my landes I bought with them with all and singuler their appurtenances whereof the one I bought of John Wiggolt and the other of George Beales. And also excepte my messuage that I bought with the landes thereto belongeinge both ffree and Coppy in Northreppes in the County aforesaid of Roger Worstead of the Towne and County laste aforesaid. All which laste aforesaid excepted and receyted messuages and landes with all their appurtenances I have hereafter willed and devised to my old and trusty servant Raphe Hartestonge gent as hereafter in this my last will and Testament menconed and declared Excepte before excepted to my only Sonne Thomas Rugge. To have and to hould to him my said sonne and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten, and for lacke of suche heires of his boddye lawfully begotten and to be begotten. Then I will and devise all my aforesaid Mannor of Northreppes with the rights members and appurtenances thereof and also my aforesaid Tenement Called by the name of Wynspurres or by whatsoever of the name or names it be knowne or Called with all and singuler their appurtenances together withall and singuler the landes Tenements and hereditaments reputed or taken as any pte or pcell thereof or used or occupied by my nowe ffermar of the same or by any of my ffermors heretofore unto Raphe Hartestonge gent my old trusty good servant. To have and to hold my said Mannor of Northreppes with the rights members and appurtenances thereof. And also the aforesaid Tenement Called Wynspurres with all and singuler the landes used or occupied nowe or at any tyme heretofore by my ffermor or ffermors thereof to the saide Raphe Hartestonge gent my old trusty good servante yearely to receive and take the Rente Revenues and profittes of my said Mannor of Northreppes and Tenement Called Wynspurres to the only use and benefitt of the nowe Thomas Lord Cromwell my godsonne and grandchild if my said Sonne Thomas Rugge shall happen to dye as Allmightie God forbidde without Issue of his boddye lawfully begotten and not otherwise for by and duringe all the terme of his naturall life and noe longer. And I will that the saide Raphe Huntestonge gent shall yerely paye and deliver unto the said Thomas Lord Cromwell my godsonne and grandechilde the Issued Revenues and profitts that shall come and yerely arise out of or by my said Mannor and yerely Courte thereof and also out of the aforesaide Tenemenet called Wynspurres deductinge suche sume and sumes of money as he shall be at for the keepinge and mayntayninge of my Tenements and houses belonginge to my said Mannor of Northreppes and also to my said Tenement called Wynspurres in good and sufficient Repacons and also payinge the out Rents yerely due for the same from tyme to tyme by and dureinge all his said life out of the said Issues revenues and profitts of my said Mannor of Northreppes and Tenement Wynspurres He the said Thomas Lord Cromwell my godsonne and grandchild or his lawfull deputy or assigne yerely makeinge and deliveringe to him or his Assigne uppon every payement made thereof by the said Raphe Hartestonge gent or his Assigne A lawfully acquittance in writeinge under his or his said deputies hande or handes Seale and Seales testifyinge the payement and Receyte thereof And after his decease then to remayne and be unto Willm Layer my godsonne and grandechilde and the heires males of his boddye lawfully to be begotten. And for defaulte of suche heires males then to remayne and be to Edmond fflowerdue my grandchild and to the heires males of his boddye lawefully to be begotten. And for defaulte of such heires males then to Remayne be to ffrancys Layer my grandchild and to the heires males of his boddye lawfully to be begotten. And for default of suche heires males then to remayne and be to the right heires of me the said Willm Rugge Esquire forever. And for my Mannor of Hayles Halle in Melton aforesaid with all the Rights members and appurtenances after the decease of my said sonne Thomas Rugge without heires of his bodie lawfully begotten Then to remayne and bee to my daughter Elizabeth nowe wyfe to X[=Christ]pofer Layer esquire and to the heires males of her boddye lawfully begotten. And for lacke of suche heires males Then to remayne and bee to the aforesaid Edmund fflowerdue my grandchild and to the heires males of his bodye lawfully to be begotten. And for defaulte of such heires males Then to remayne and bee to Thomas fflowerdue my grandchild and to the heires males of his boddye lawfully to be begotten. And for defaulte of suche heires males then to remayne and bee To the right heires of me the said Willm Rugge Esquire for ever. And ffurther after the decease of my said sonne Thomas Rugge without heires of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Then I will and and devise all that my aforesaid Mannor of Greengates in Hoveton St Johns with the rights members and appurtenances thereof and likewise my Tenement and landes in Hengham next Norwich with the appurtenances and allso all that my Capitall messuage or mansion house of or in ffelmingham in the County of Norff [Norfolk] aforesaid wherein I nowe dwell with all and singuler my landes Tenements and hereditaments with all and singuler their appurtenances and in all and everye the Towne and Townes
1 2 3 4 5 "Will of Henry Taylor of Hardingham, Norfolk – The National Archives". Published by Ancestry here. 4 November 1650. It[e]m I give and bequeath unto Robert Rugge my Sonne in law the Somme of Tenn poundes and to Constance his wife my Daughter the Some of Twenty poundes And to each of my Grandchildren Thomas Elizabeth and Mary Rugge fforty Shillings apeece to bee bestowed upon them Severally for severall suites of apparell to bee by them worne for my sake asfor my decease Lastly concerning the residue and remainder of my Goods and personall estate my debts paid and my said Legacies and funerall expences discharged I give and bequeath the same wholly to Susanna my beloved wife whome I hereby make and ordaine my sole executrix In witnes whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and putt my Seale and published this my last will this three and twentith day of May in the yere of our Lord God one Thousand six hundred and ffifty Henry Taylor
↑ John Cooper genn & Mrs. Concens Rugg– was maried the 19 of october 1654 at Reymerston, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Another entry of the same event is in the Norfolk Church of England Registers and reads: 1654. Maryages. Año: 1654 . [...] John Cooper & Constans Rugg widow Octob: 19 .
↑ Marriages: 1713 [...] George Le Hunt Gent. and Mary – Hart Gent. December y.e 21.st at Bunwell, Norwich, Norfolk, England
↑ "Hundred of Shropham: Shropham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-17. MARY, late Wife of GEORGE LE-HUNT, of New Bukenham, Gent, died June 30, 1721, aged 51 Years. A saltire impaling per fess, a star of eight points, counterchanged.
↑ "Norfolk Record Office - NROCAT: on-line catalogue". nrocat.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-21. CatalogueRef: MC 1245/1, 808X6. Title: Mortgage by Thomas Rugge, esq., to John Palgrave, esq., of the manor of Northrepps. Date: 1667. Level: Piece. Repository. Norfolk Record Office
↑ "Hundred of Depwade: Carleton-Rode". An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5. British History Online. 1806. Retrieved 2020-09-17.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
↑ Burials: 1721 [...] Mr G: Le Hunt late of New Bukenham: Feb: 5 at Carleton Rode, Norwich, Norfolk, England
↑ Constance the wife of Thomas Le Hunt Esq was buryed on ye 16th of January 1662 at Reymerston, Norwich, Norfolk
↑ John Cooper genn was Buried the 11 day of ffabruarus 1657 at Reymerston, Norwich, Norfolk
↑ William Rugg ye Son of Thomas Rugg eSQ & Bridgett his wyfe was burried ye 19th of september at Northrepps, Norfolk, England. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 707/1
↑ "Norfolk Record Office - NROCAT: on-line catalogue". nrocat.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-21. CatalogueRef: NRS 15723, 31C5. Title: Indenture: Bargain and Sale. (1) Thomas Curson of Bylaugh, esq. (2) William Rugge of Bylaugh, esq. Date: 4 Nov 1587. Description: Land in Foulsham and Bintry. Seal tag. Level: Piece. Repository: Norfolk Record Office
↑ "Norfolk Record Office - NROCAT: on-line catalogue". nrocat.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-21. CatalogueRef: MC 2869/7, 1021x6.Title: Robert Tylney, esq., and Elizabeth Rugge, daughter of William Rugge, esq., marriage settlement re capital messuages in parishes of St Michael at Plea, land in Little St Mary near same in Norwich, and other property in the parish, and messuages in East Tuddenham and elsewhere including Honingham mill, 1601; and lease from F.K. Tylney of Rotherwick (Hants), esq., to Thomas Havers, goldsmith, of property in St Michael at Plea, 1694. Date: 17th century. Level: Piece. Repository: Norfolk Record Office. Extent: 1 bundle
1 2 "Surrey Coats of Arms"(PDF). Sir Arthur, the 5th baronet, assumed the name of Rugge-Price, Mar 7, 1874, Sir Charles, his ancestor, the 1st baronet, having married, in 1773, Mary, daughter and, at length, co-heir of William Rugge of Conduit St, Hanover Square, and the family now quarter the arms of Rugge and use the Rugge crest in addition to their own. (Peerage, 1938) * Arms of Rugge: Sable on a chevron invected Argent between three mullets Or pierced of the first an unicorn head erased, also of the first. Crest: A talbot passant Argent gorged with a collar and pendant therefrom an escutcheon Sable charged with an ibex head Proper. * The present holder of the title is Sir Charles Keith Napier Rugge-Price, 9th Bart., of Chambly, PQ, Canada, (b.1936). [...] RUGGE of Buckland. Arms: Gules a chevron engrailed between three mullets pierced Argent. From the monument in Buckland Church to the Rev. William Rugge, (d.Nov 2, 1786), Rector of Buckland.
↑ "Will of Jno Rugge, Surgeon of His Majesty's Ship the Falmouth – The National Archives". Published by Ancestry here. 1 July 1762. In the Name of God Amen I Jno. Rugge Surgeon of his Majesty's Ship the ffalmouth being in bodily health and of Sound and disposing mind and memory and considering the perils and danger of ye Seas and other uncertainties of this Transitory Life I do for avoiding controversies after my decease make public and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) first I commend my Soul to God that gave it and my body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to Order and as for and concerning all my Wordly Estate I Give bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth that is to say all such Wages Sum and Sums of money Lands Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due owing or belonging unto me atthe time of my decease I do Give devise and bequeath the same unto William Rugge Esq.r of Conduit Street in the parish of St Georges And I do hereby nominate and appoint him my true and lawfull Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all former and other Wills Testaments and deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made and I do ordain and Ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and Seal the fourth day of april in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine and in the thirty second year of the Reign of his Majesty King George over Great Britain &s ./. Jno. Rugge Signed Sealed published and declared in the presence of./. Geo: Godfrey ./. Jos. Dawes This Will was proved at London before the Worshipful Arthur Collier Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted on the first day of July in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty two by the Oath of William Rugge Esquire the Executor named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased he having been first Sworn duly to administer &c.
1 2 "Will of Cluathan Rugg, Widow of Buckden, Huntingdonshire – The National Archives". Published by Ancestry here. 10 December 1685. In the Name of God Amen I Elnathan Rugg of Bugden in the County of Huntington widdow being sick in body but of good and perfect disposeing memory praised bee Allmighty God calling to mind the uncertaine estate of this Transitory life and being desireous to settle things in some order before I dye and bee called heure doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in writing revoakeing all former wills by mee made if any such bee found, in manner and forme following first I commend my soule into the hands of Allmighty God stedfastly hopeing to bee saved soule and body by the merritts passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ and my body I bequeath to the earth wheure it came desireing my Executors herein after named to give it decent Christiall buriall in the parish Church of Bugden aforesaid near my deceased Husband and as touching such estate as well reall as personall which it hath pleased God to bestow upon mee in his good providence I give bequeath and devise the same as is herein after expressed first I give and bequeath to my Nephew Daniell Deaves of Bugden aforesaid and ffrances his wife all my Coppyhold and ffreehold messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Bugden aforesaid dureing their naturall lives and the life of the longer liver of them and after their deceases I give the said messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to my Couzen Isaac Deaves and Daniell Deaves sonns of my late nephew Isaac Deaves of St Ives in the said County of Huntington deceased and their heires for ever Item I give and bequeath all my houses and Lands in Offord Cluney in the said County of Huntington unto my loveing sister Dorcas Deaves of Bugden aforesaid, widdow for and dureing the terme of her naturall life and after her decease I give the said houses and Lands in Offord Cluney aforesaid to my neece Mary the wife of Robert Hedwin of Wilberton within the Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge for and dureing the terme of her naturall life she Committing noe wast nor suffering the buildings to bee out of repaire and after her decease I give my said houses and Lands in Offord Cluney to my Cousen Elnathan the wife of Robert Robinson of St Neats in the said County of Huntington and the heires of her body lawfully begotten or to bee begotten she the said Elnathan Robinson paying within one yeare next after the death of the said Mary the wife of the said Robert Hedwin unto my Cozens Robert Hedwin and Joseph Hedwin the summe of tenn pounds a peice and in case of default of such payement then I give my said houses and Lands in Offord Cluney aforesaid unto my said Cozins Robert Hedwin and Joseph Hedwin and their heires for ever Item I give and bequeath all my messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Hemingford Abbotts in the said County of Huntington unto my neece Elnathan the wife of Richard Cole of Hemingford Abbotts aforesaid for and dureing the terme of her naturall life and from and after her decease I give all my said houses and Lands in Hemingford Abbotts unto my Cousen Thomas Cole sonn of the said Elnathan Cole and his heires for ever he the said Thomas Cole paying within one yeare next after the decease of Elnathan the wife of the said Richard Cole unto his Sister my cozen Elnathan the wife of Christopher Marriott of Hemingford Abbotts aforesaid if she shall bee then liveing and if deceased unto her child or Children that she shall leave behind her of her body the summe thirty pounds and in case of default of such paym.t I give my said houses and Lands in Hemingford Abbotts unto the said Elnathan the wife of the said Christopher Marriott and her heires for ever Item I give and my mind and will is that out of the said my houses and lands in Hemingford Abbotts aforesaid the said Elnathan the wife of the said Richard Cole and after her decease the said Thomas Cole pay yearly and every yeare unto Beatrice Ireland widdow who now lives with mee for and dureing the terme of her naturall life the summe of twenty shillings at the feast daies of St Michaell the Archangle and the Annunciation of our blessed Lady Mary the virgin by equall portions and for default of such payment I give my said houses and Lands in Hemingford Abbotts unto the said Beatrise Ireland for and dureing the terme of her naturall life Item I give and bequeath unto my nephew John Rugg of Bugden aforesaid the sume of one hundred pounds of lawfull mony of England to bee paid him within one month next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my said loveing sister Dorcas Deaves the summe of six pounds to bee paid her yearly by my said nephew John Rugg for and dureing the terme of her naturall life at the feast daies of St Michaell the Archangell and the Annunciation of our blessed Lady Mary the Virgin by even and equall porcons Item I doe give unto my said nephew John Rugg my Silver Tankard that hath his Armes upon it Item I doe give and bequeath unto Dorothy the wife of Sando the summe of fifteene pounds to bee paid her within twelve months next after my decease Item I doe give and bequeath unto my said Sister Dorcas Deaves my Pyde Cowe Item I doe give and bequeath unto my said nephew John Rugg all such summe and summes of mony as the said John Rugg is indebted unto mee for any matter cause or thing whatsoever or upon any attompt whatsoever Item I doe give unto my said nephew John Rugg all the body bedding and furniture in and belonging unto A Chamber called the Crowne Chamber belonging unto the house wherein I now dwell and for the rest and residue of my goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements unbequeathed my debts if any bee by mee oweing at the time of my death and my funerall charges being first paid I give and bequeath unto my before named nephew John Rugg and my nephew Daniell Deaves first within named whome I doe hereby nominate and appoint and make Executors of this my last will and Testament my said goods unbequeathed to bee equally shared betweene them and my mind and will is that if my said nephew Daniell Deaves first within named shall happen to depart this life within five yeares next after a division shalbee made of my goods and Chattells given to him and my other Executor John Rugg to bee equally shared between them as Executors of this my will that then I give and bequeath of the goods and Chattells soe bequeathed to my said nephew Daniell Deaves or of which hee shall have as halfe Executor of this my will unto my said nephew John Rugg the summe of one hundred pounds he paying thereout within three months next after his receipt thereof to my said Sister Dorcas Deaves forty pounds to my said neece Dorothy Marriott tenn pounds and to my said Cozen Elnathan the wife of the said Christopher Marriott tenn pounds if they shalbe then liveing In witness whereof I the said Elnathan Rugg have hereunto sett my hand and seale this twenty seaventh day of June in the first yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord James the second by the grace of God King of England Scottland ffrance and Ireland defender of the ffaith &c Annoqe. Domini one thousand six hundred eighty five the marke of Elnathan Rugg sealed and delivered published and declared to bee the last will and testament in the presence of us Charles Botocke Tho Longland Tho Longland Juner Probatum
↑ "City of Norwich, chapter 42: Middle Wimer ward". An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 4. British History Online. 1806. Retrieved 2020-09-21.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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MERCURIUS POLITICUS REDIVIVUS
or, A Collection of the most materiall occurrances and transactions
in Public Affairs since Anno Dni, 1659, untill
28 March 1672,
serving as an annuall diurnall for future satisfaction and
information,
BY THOMAS RUGGE.
Est natura hominum novitatis avida.—Plinius.
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