Abstract of will of Thomas Sackett of Minster in Thanet, Kent.
Date: 16 October 1689.
Proved: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 26 November 1689.
Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-77-345.
Testator: Thomas Sackett, grazier, of Minster in Thanet.
Beneficiaries:
Wife Jane, 5/- and all household goods, and house for life if she remains his widow, paying £3 a year to executor, conditional on giving executor £100 bond to "secure him from any charge which may arise by reason of a certain child which I now keep supposed to be Robert Gisby's".
Brother Paul, dwelling in house so long as he remains single, bed, furnishings, etc. Residue & reversion of house & household goods.
Executor: brother Paul.
John Walker, 5/-.
Sister Catherine, £10.
Children of John Alen: Ann, Mary, Peter, each £5 at 21.
Witnesses: Andrew Wooten, Wm. Milward, [3rd name illegible].
Inventory of the estate of Thomas Sackett of Minster in Thanet, Kent.
Date: 19 November 1689.
Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 11-53-192.
Appraised by: Roger Wells, Andrew Neeter.
Value: £128 7s 6d [includes 16 cattle & 20 sheep]