Solomon Sakett
(say 1440-1490 or 1491)
Solomon Sakett|b. say 1440\nd. 1490 or 1491|p501.htm||||Alice Sakett|b. say 1420\nd. 1476||||||||||||||
| Mother | Alice Sakett (say 1420-1476) |
Solomon Sackett was born, presumably in Thanet, Kent, in say 1440. He died in St Peter in Thanet between November 1490 (made will) and February 1490/91 (will proved). He married Joane ___.
A Solomon Sakett is named as a beneficiary in the will of 1476 of Alice Sakett of St Peter in Thanet. That will does not state the relationship but it is a reasonable hypothesis that they were mother and son.
Solomon made his will at St Peter in Thanet, Kent, in November 1490.1,2
He left his tenement and the bulk of his lands to his wife, but ordered his executors to sell land at Solys Hill to cover his debts and bequests and to transfer two acres to Thomas Sprakling. The only Sackett mentioned in Solomon's will is Robert Sakett who witnessed the will. A Margaret Sprakling, a minor, was evidently living with Solomon and Joane in 1490 and she is named as a beneficiary in the wills of both Solomon and Joane.
Solomon's widow Joane made her will on 31 March 1501 St Peter in Thanet.3 Joane's will is noteworthy for the care with which she distributed her household and personal effects. She made bequests to several Spraklings, including Thomas who was one of her executors and was to receive "a brasse pott, a ketill", other household items and "iii shepe", and Margaret to whom she willed, amongst other things, "a nother brasse pott" and her "best clok".
From their wills, Solomon and Joane would appear to have been childless.
A Solomon Sakett is named as a beneficiary in the will of 1476 of Alice Sakett of St Peter in Thanet. That will does not state the relationship but it is a reasonable hypothesis that they were mother and son.
Solomon made his will at St Peter in Thanet, Kent, in November 1490.1,2
He left his tenement and the bulk of his lands to his wife, but ordered his executors to sell land at Solys Hill to cover his debts and bequests and to transfer two acres to Thomas Sprakling. The only Sackett mentioned in Solomon's will is Robert Sakett who witnessed the will. A Margaret Sprakling, a minor, was evidently living with Solomon and Joane in 1490 and she is named as a beneficiary in the wills of both Solomon and Joane. Solomon's widow Joane made her will on 31 March 1501 St Peter in Thanet.3
Joane's will is noteworthy for the care with which she distributed her household and personal effects. She made bequests to several Spraklings, including Thomas who was one of her executors and was to receive "a brasse pott, a ketill", other household items and "iii shepe", and Margaret to whom she willed, amongst other things, "a nother brasse pott" and her "best clok". From their wills, Solomon and Joane would appear to have been childless.
| Last Edited | 30 December 2007 |
| Reference | X.0 |
Notes & Citations
- [S327] Will of Solomon Sakett of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, November 1490, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 25 February 1490/91 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-5-263).
- [S404] Solomon's will gives an interesting insight into the feudal system of land tenure. The will refers to feoffees—persons to whom freehold estate was conveyed by means of a feoffment (a record of a formal transfer of possession). In the context of Solomon's will, reference to feoffes & feffeiz would appear to mean 'sub-landowners' or 'tenants' of Solomon who, under the feudal system, held their lands 'of Solomon', who in turn held his lands of 'ye lord of ye Fee'. They were required to sell land at Solys Hill, paying the money to Solomon's executors to cover his debts and bequests, and also to 'ynfeffe' (transfer ownership of) two acres of land at Solys Hill to Thomas Spraclyng. At this period, transfers of tangible property, i.e. land and buildings, had to take place not by a document but by an act representing the passing of property. A key in the case of buildings or a turf in the case of land would be handed over in the presence of witnesses. This handing over would then be documented in a feoffment, this document being not the instrument of transfer itself but merely a record that the transfer had taken place.
- [S353] Will of Joane Sakett of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 31 March 1501, proved in the Canterbury Archdeaconry Court (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-8-61).