Richard Sackett the elder
(bef 1477-1549)
Richard Sackett the elder|b. bef 1477\nd. 1549|../g0/p601.htm|Robert Sakett|b. say 1440\nd. 1498|../g114/p114351.htm|Joan ___|b. say 1450\nd. aft 1498||||||||||||||
| Father | Robert Sakett1 (say 1440-1498) |
| Mother | Joan ___ (say 1450-aft 1498) |
Richard Sackett, of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, son of Robert Sakett and Joan ___, was born probably before 1477.2 He died between October 1548 (made will) and March 1549 (will proved) in 1549. He married Margaret ___.
Richard was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in St Peter in Thanet on 22 November 1498. Richard is assumed to have been Robert’s eldest son as he was left his land and tenement, subject to the use of half being retained by Richard's mother Joan while she remained unmarried. Richard's inheritance was also conditional upon his paying to his brother John £1 each year for five years.1
Richard made his will on 12 October 1548 in St Peter in Thanet, Kent,, naming as beneficiaries his wife Margaret and a cousin John Sackett (who has not been identified).3
A "Richard Sackete the elder" is named as a witness to the will, made in 1545, of Richard Saket, husbandman of St Peter's. On that scant evidence it is deduced that this Richard and the Richard of the 1545 will were father and son, the son predeceasing the father by three years. This would explain the omission of a son Richard from the father's will. (Against this deduction, however, is the fact that the elder Richard did not provide in his will for John and Margery, the children of Richard the younger—an unlikely omission had these indeed been his young grandchildren who had lost their father just three years earlier).
Richard's widow Margaret made her will on 28 December 1551 St Peter in Thanet.5 She made a number of bequests to godchildren (it is not known whether these were family members) and left the residue of her estate to John Sackett who she also appointed as her executor. (It is assumed this is the same John Sackett described in Margaret's husband Richard's will as "cousin John Sackett".
Richard was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in St Peter in Thanet on 22 November 1498. Richard is assumed to have been Robert’s eldest son as he was left his land and tenement, subject to the use of half being retained by Richard's mother Joan while she remained unmarried. Richard's inheritance was also conditional upon his paying to his brother John £1 each year for five years.1
Richard made his will on 12 October 1548 in St Peter in Thanet, Kent,, naming as beneficiaries his wife Margaret and a cousin John Sackett (who has not been identified).3
Will of Richard Sackete of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 12 October 1548, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 21 March 1548/49 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-23-255). (Researched by Michael Callé).
RICHARD SACKETT
Dated 12 Oct 1548 Proved 21 Mar 1548/9 [Abstract & transcript by Michael Callé]
Of St. Peters, Thanet
Vicar 6d for tithes & duties negligently forgotten
Charity 6s 8d
Godchildren barley
Servant = Johane BENNET 20s in money or goods
Katherine ALLYNE 3s 4d
John WALTER 12d
John SPRACKLYNE the elder 12d
Wife = Margaret residue of goods; half lands for life, with reversion to John SACKETT
Cousin = John SACKETT remaining half of lands; to pay chief fee. When he inherits other half, to pay
6s 8d for reparacion of church & 6s 8d “to the amending of the foul ways”.
Executors = wife Margaret SACKETT & cousin John SACKETT
Overseer = Robert DUCKETT 12d for his pains
Witnesses; Thomas COLLETT; William LONG
In the Name of God Amen The 12th day of October in the year of our Lord God 1548 I Richard Sackett of the parish of St Peter in the Isle of Thanet whole of mind and perfect remembrance have ordained this my last will and testament in form following:
First I bequeath my soul to the great mercy of God and my body to be buried in the church yard aforesaid.
Item: I give to the vicar of the same parish for tithes and duties negligently forgotten in discharge of my conscience 6d. Also I bequeath in [der_s] of charity at the day of my burial 6s 8d. Also I give to Margaret my wife all my moveables wheresoever they be she paying my debts and legacies. Also I give and bequeath to everyone of my godchildren a bushel of barley. Also I give and bequeath to Johane Bennet my servant 20s. in money or the value thereof in some other thing. Also I give and bequeath to Katherine Allyne 3s 4d. Also I give and Bequeath to John Walter 12d. Also I give and bequeath to John Spracklyne the elder 12d.
This is the Last Will and Testament of me the foresaid Richard Sackett made the day and year above written and in the 38th year of the reign of our most gracious Lord King Henry the Eighth Of and upon all my lands and tenements in the said parish of St Peter or elsewhere within the said Isle of Thanet:
First I will that Margaret my wife shall have half my lands her living during her natural life and John Sackett my cousin the other half to remain unto him his heirs for ever paying the chief lorde of the fee And I will also that the said John Sackett my cousin shall occupy with my said wife. Also I will that after my wife’s decease the half of my land that she hath to remain to my cousin John and his heirs for ever. Also I will that my cousin John shall give shortly after the decease of my wife to the reparacion of the church of St Peter aforesaid 6s 8d and to the amending of the foul ways 6s 8d.
Also I make and ordain mine executors of this my last will and testament Margaret Sackett my wife and John Sackett my cousin And Robert Duckett overseer and he to have for his pains 12d. This bearing my witness Thomas Collett William Long no other.
[Probate 21 March 1548 (1549 new style)]
Margaret was left half his lands for her lifetime, with reversion to cousin John Sackett, and the residue of his goods after bequests of barley to unnamed godchildren, £1 in money or goods to his servant Joan Bennet, and sums of 3s 4d to Katherine Allyne and 12d to each of John Walter and John Spracklyne. It is presumed that Katherine Allyne was Richard’s sister, and that John Walter was his brother-in-law, married to Richard’s sister Alice (she was named as Alice Walter in her father’s will).4 The will was proved in the Archdeaconry Court, Canterbury, Kent, on 21 March 1549.3 RICHARD SACKETT
Dated 12 Oct 1548 Proved 21 Mar 1548/9 [Abstract & transcript by Michael Callé]
Of St. Peters, Thanet
Vicar 6d for tithes & duties negligently forgotten
Charity 6s 8d
Godchildren barley
Servant = Johane BENNET 20s in money or goods
Katherine ALLYNE 3s 4d
John WALTER 12d
John SPRACKLYNE the elder 12d
Wife = Margaret residue of goods; half lands for life, with reversion to John SACKETT
Cousin = John SACKETT remaining half of lands; to pay chief fee. When he inherits other half, to pay
6s 8d for reparacion of church & 6s 8d “to the amending of the foul ways”.
Executors = wife Margaret SACKETT & cousin John SACKETT
Overseer = Robert DUCKETT 12d for his pains
Witnesses; Thomas COLLETT; William LONG
In the Name of God Amen The 12th day of October in the year of our Lord God 1548 I Richard Sackett of the parish of St Peter in the Isle of Thanet whole of mind and perfect remembrance have ordained this my last will and testament in form following:
First I bequeath my soul to the great mercy of God and my body to be buried in the church yard aforesaid.
Item: I give to the vicar of the same parish for tithes and duties negligently forgotten in discharge of my conscience 6d. Also I bequeath in [der_s] of charity at the day of my burial 6s 8d. Also I give to Margaret my wife all my moveables wheresoever they be she paying my debts and legacies. Also I give and bequeath to everyone of my godchildren a bushel of barley. Also I give and bequeath to Johane Bennet my servant 20s. in money or the value thereof in some other thing. Also I give and bequeath to Katherine Allyne 3s 4d. Also I give and Bequeath to John Walter 12d. Also I give and bequeath to John Spracklyne the elder 12d.
This is the Last Will and Testament of me the foresaid Richard Sackett made the day and year above written and in the 38th year of the reign of our most gracious Lord King Henry the Eighth Of and upon all my lands and tenements in the said parish of St Peter or elsewhere within the said Isle of Thanet:
First I will that Margaret my wife shall have half my lands her living during her natural life and John Sackett my cousin the other half to remain unto him his heirs for ever paying the chief lorde of the fee And I will also that the said John Sackett my cousin shall occupy with my said wife. Also I will that after my wife’s decease the half of my land that she hath to remain to my cousin John and his heirs for ever. Also I will that my cousin John shall give shortly after the decease of my wife to the reparacion of the church of St Peter aforesaid 6s 8d and to the amending of the foul ways 6s 8d.
Also I make and ordain mine executors of this my last will and testament Margaret Sackett my wife and John Sackett my cousin And Robert Duckett overseer and he to have for his pains 12d. This bearing my witness Thomas Collett William Long no other.
[Probate 21 March 1548 (1549 new style)]
A "Richard Sackete the elder" is named as a witness to the will, made in 1545, of Richard Saket, husbandman of St Peter's. On that scant evidence it is deduced that this Richard and the Richard of the 1545 will were father and son, the son predeceasing the father by three years. This would explain the omission of a son Richard from the father's will. (Against this deduction, however, is the fact that the elder Richard did not provide in his will for John and Margery, the children of Richard the younger—an unlikely omission had these indeed been his young grandchildren who had lost their father just three years earlier).
Richard's widow Margaret made her will on 28 December 1551 St Peter in Thanet.5
She made a number of bequests to godchildren (it is not known whether these were family members) and left the residue of her estate to John Sackett who she also appointed as her executor. (It is assumed this is the same John Sackett described in Margaret's husband Richard's will as "cousin John Sackett".Family | Margaret ___ (say 1480-1553) |
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| Charts | Early Sacketts timeline |
| Reference | E.4 |
Notes & Citations
- Will of Robert Sakett of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 22 November 1498, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 7 January 1498/99 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-7-78).
- His father’s will would appear to indicate that Richard was of age by 1498.
- Will of Richard Sackete of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 12 October 1548, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 21 March 1548/49 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-23-255).
- It would also be possible that John Spracklyne was the husband of Richard’s other sister, Helen, although there is no supporting evidence.
- Will of Margaret Sackett of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 28 December 1551, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 9 November 1553 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-29-34).
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