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[RUDING], Jone
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Name [RUDING], Jone Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I1372 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family RUDING, John d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. RUDING, Richard d. 8 Oct 1582 Family ID F818 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
NOTES ON THE RUDING FAMILY OF LEICESTER
Taken from the Leicester City Council website
4.6 The second manor in Bromkinsthorpe was 'Westcotes', a name that survives today. Its history is closely associated with Leicester Abbey, being one of its 'granges' (or farms) until the Abbey was dissolved in 1538. The land was eventually sold to a John Ruding in 1558, one of whose descendants, Walter Ruding, built himself a fine country house called Westcotes Grange (see Fig. 4). This stood on the site of today's Cranmer Street and its grounds extended from Hinckley Road to Westcotes Drive (Map 3). The family name is preserved as Ruding Road on the east side of Narborough Road.
4.9 The Ruding family (para. 4.6) were the owners of the West Cotes estate from the 16th century until 1821, after which it passed through various hands until it was bought by its last owner, Joseph Harris, around 1846. The Harris's sold the land in 1886 and the new owners demolished the old house and sold the land for housing in 1888.
The ancient arms of Inge as probably used by the above~named mayor, and formerly to be seen on one of the Ruding floor slabs in St. Mary's church, were :-Argent, a chevron between three goats' heads erased sable. Later members of the family, including descend~ ants of the alderman according to Burke, have used the arms :-Or, on a chevron vert three leopard's heads caboshed, or. (Burke says argent), Crest :-Two halberds (Burke says battle~axes) in saltier argent, enfiled with a ducal coronet, or. Motto :-UBI AMOR IBI FIDES. (Where there is love there is faith).
The Will of Elizabeth DRIVER late MARCHE formerly EDGOOSE (????-1578), made on the 12 day of August 1578. Probate was granted on 21 July 1579.
01*Elizabeth DRIVER, widow, the Testatrix
02 Richard DRYVER, gentleman of Limehouse, Middlesex, late husband of the Testatrix
03 John MARCHE the elder, son of the Testatrix
04 Justinian MARCHE, second son of the Testatrix
05 Thomas MARCHE the elder, son of the Testatrix
06 John MARCHE the younger, son of the Testatrix
07 Thomas MARCHE the younger, son of the Testatrix
08 Anne RUDING, daughter of the Testatrix
09 Richard RUDING, son-in-law of the Testatrix, husband of Anne RUDING
10 John MARCHE the younger's unnamed wife
11 Elizabeth BETT, niece of the Testatrix
12 Richard MARCHE, nephew of the Testatrix
13 John MARCHE, nephew of the Testatrix
14 Mary MARCHE, niece of the Testatrix, sister of Richard and John MARCHE
15 Anne MARCHE, niece of the Testatrix, sister of Mary MARCHE
16 Justinyan MARCHE's unnamed children
17 Richard RUDING's unnamed children
18 Jane RUDING, eldest daughter of Richard RUDING
19 Alice WOODFALL her maid
20 Mistress JONE RUDING
00 Unnamed children of the Testatrix's daughter Katherine
21 Goodwyffe BACCHUS
22 Katherine MALTSTER
23 Elizabeth MALTSTER
24 Anne MALTSTER
25 Joan TRAFFORD
26 Thomas GRENAM
27 Henry CHAPMAN's wife
28 Margaret MARCHE, daughter of the Testatrix
29 Reference to a bequest owing from the Testatrix's mother to her brother George DRIVER.
30 Richard RUDING, witness
31 Thomas MARCHE, witness
(PRO PROB 11/61/392)
(revised 18.02.2020)


