Will of John Sakett of St John in Thanet, Kent.
Abstract
Date: 4 Jul 1529.
Proved: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 30 Sep 1529.
Testator: John Sakett, of St John in Thanet.
Beneficiaries:
Wife Johane, all personal estate + wheat & barley; tenement & lands for 8 years.
Two unnamed daughters, profit of house & lands for 6 years after their mother's 8 years, to be kept, divided & paid by William Norwood to daughters at age 18.
Son William, seam of wheat & seam of barley when he inherits lands. To have house & lands for 4 years after the above 14 years; after 4 years to have specified lands Robson's Bush of 4 acres, 6 acres Golden Dane, 1½ acres between lands of Thomas Coln, 2 acres by the (King's) high way next to Thomas Arlette's hedge & 1 acre lying at the lane end.
Ra?le [female name] 40 shillings to be paid within 3 years of decease.
Son John, residue of lands & tenement at age 24.
Sister Alice & her children, reversion (with St John's Church) if all other beneficiaries deceased.
Executors: feoffees Symon Davy, Robert Lyderer, Richard Sakett the younger.
Witnesses: William Norwood, Richard Sakett, Roger Perken, Symon Davy, William Wanstall, Thomas Coln & others.
Transcript
In deo noie Amen The iiijth day of Julye in the yer of oure lord god M VCxxix I John Sakett of the paryshe of Saynt Johns yn the Ile of Thanet being yn full memerye make my will yn forme and man'r folowing / First I bequeth my soule to allmyghty god and to our blyssed lady Saynte Marye & to all the holy companye of heven And my bodye to be buried yn the church yard of Saynt Johns Itm i give to the high ault'r for my tithes and oblacions forgoten xijd Itm- I give to the churche worke of Saynt Johns ij lambes Itm- I will have at my forthe fare iij masses And at my monthle dirge V masses And V at my xij monethe Dirg Itm- I give to evry light that I am a brother of iiijd Itm- I give to Johane my wif all my movable goodes payen it my dettes and my bequestes savyng v semes of whete & v semes of barley the whyche shall remayne to the place Of the whiche whete & barley my son Willm shal have a seme of whete and a seme of barley when he cometh to his parte of his land Itm I give to Ra?le xls to be payd within thre yere aft my decesse And if she dye within the thre yere it shall remayne to my wif Itm I make myne executors my wif Johane Sakett & Willm Norwod And I give to Willm Norwod for his labor xxd
This is the last will of me John Sakett of & uppon all my land and tenement the day & yere above written First I give Johan my wife all my lands and te'ment for the space of viij yere & she to kepe lawfull repacion and she shall not waste nor spoyle my ?Wode but as she made sufficciently And aft that viij yere I will that the p'fite of my hous & landes shall remayne to my two daughters for the space of vj yeres and I will that Willm Norwod do receive it for thaym and then to have it divided even betwene thaym at the age of xviij yeres And if any of thaym dye wtin age and without issue then I will thame be thothers heir and if they dye bothe within age & without issue of their bodies lawfully begoten then I will that my wife have bothe their partes And aft that vj yere I will that my son William shalhave my hous and all my landes for the space of iiij yeres And aft that iiij yere I will my son William shalhave to his parte iiij acres of land lyeng at Robsons ?bushe and vj acres at Golden Dane / one acr & an half betwene the landes of Thomas [Coln] And ij acres lyeng by the high waye next to Thomas Arlettes hege and an acre lyeng at the lane ende And all the residue of my landes & te'ment I give to my son John Sakett at the age of XX iiij yers And if any of thaym dye w'tin age and w'tout Issue of their bodies lawfully begoten then I will that them be thothers heir And if they bothe dye without Issue I will that it shall remayne to my daughters & to their heires And if they dye all without issue of their bodies lawfully begoten then I will that my hous and landes be sold and I geve half thereof I give to a ?preste ... ?song for me and my frendes yn the church of Saynt Johns And the other half I will it be divided yn two partes And the parte I give to the churche of Saynt Johnes And the other parte I give to my sister Alice And to her children And I make my feoffes Symon Davye Robert Lyderer and Richard Sakett the younger Witnesses William Norwod Richard Sakett Roger Perken Symon Davy Willm Wanstall & Thomas Culn with others.
Probatu fuit sup. script. testamentum ultima die
Septembris Anno Dm millimo ????? XXIX jurament?
Rogeri P'kan et Willmo Wanstall & ... testin et
Approbat & ... commiss? est executors
?Pente pri?tus in finia ? mus ?nioati
Note: probate 30 Sep 1529 on the oaths of Roger Perkin & William Wanstall witnesses
Testin = witness(es); ultima die Septembris [=last day of September]