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Family: Nicholas JUCE / Joan MURTON (F11526)
m. 20 Jan 1611/12-
Father | Male
Nicholas JUCE
Born Est 1553 Died Buried 3 Nov 1631 St. Lawrence’s Church, Godmersham, Kent, England 
Married 20 Jan 1611/12 Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England Other Spouse Alice CLYFFORD | F11783 Married 29 Jan 1581 Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England Father Mother
Mother | Female
Joan MURTON
Born Est 1554 Died Buried 21 Sep 1631 Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England Other Spouse Hercules HILLS, [Father?] | F11401 Married Bef 1580 Other Spouse Laurence BROOKE | F11413 Married 26 Jan 1595/96 Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England Other Spouse Edmund GOFFE | F11528 Married 26 Jan 1606/07 Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England Father Augustine (“Austen”) MURTON, [Parents?] | F11471 Family Group Page Mother
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Notes Married:
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Jan 2020)
"The 20th of Januarie mar. Nicholas Juce & Joan Gooffe"
Nicholas' will refers Augustine Hilles, the son of his wife, linking him to this Joan, and in addition Joan's father names her as Joan Juce in his will.
The fourth and last but probably longest of Joan's marriages, although all their children were born to previous marriages. Lasting nearly twenty years, it ended with Joan's death, less than two months before Nicholas had died. He had made his will a few months before her death so we can see what provision he had made for her. Sadly there is no sign of warmth or of any great concern for her welfare. Nothing is said about where she would live, for example. Where there were step children involved (as in this case) it would often be that the widow would be sharing a house with a step-son and his family, and so the testator might wish to make sure his widows rights of access to all she needed were preserved. Of course, in this case it may have been clear they would not be living in the same house, and whilst the goods bequeathed to Joan were few Nicholas' will suggests and his inventory confirms he left little. I think it would be unsafe to read into the will that this was a marriage without warmth, but there seems to be nothing to suggest it was.
One interesting fact is that Joan was not buried in Faversham, where Nicholas was living when he wrote his will in May 1631, nor in Godmersham where it seems he died that November, but in Boughton. This may suggest they were living apart. Both were most likely in their late 70s; perhaps they were simply living with family who could best look after them, but it does seem unusual.
An interesting item in the will is that "Tenn shillinges by the yeare wch was to be paid unto my said wife by Augustine Hilles her sonn shalbe paid unto my said Executor." What was this 10/-? I think most likely part of a marriage settlement.
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Jan 2020)