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Thomas Sacket, gentleman of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, was born say 1500. He died between 26 April 1545 when he nade his will and 20 May 1545 when the will was proved. The ages of Thomas's godchildren (see below) suggest that he was not an old man—perhaps in his forties—when he died.
     Thomas made his will in St Peter in Thanet^G on 26 April 1545, naming as beneficiaries his sisters Margaret and Katherine.¹ It would appear that Thomas was childless. He left his house to his "brother" Richard Allen, brother in this context probably meaning brother-in-law, who he also appointed a joint executor of the will. He left an amount of 6s 8d to each of his sisters. They are referred to in the will only by their forenames. It would seem likely that one of them was the wife of Richard Allen. He left 10s to his goddaughter Tamsin Allen, and 5s each to John Allen, Margery Allen, and Katherine Cockling, all of whom were less than fourteen years of age at the date of will. These children may well have been nephew and nieces, the Allen children perhaps being the children of Richard Allen and Thomas's sister, Margaret, and, on the basis of their having the same forename, the child Katherine Cockling being the daughter of Thomas's sister Katherine. After these bequests, the residue of his estate was to go 'half to the poor people' and 'half to the foul highways where the most need is.' The will was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury^G on 20 May 1545.
     Thomas may have been the "Thomas Sacket of Sacketts Hill" appointed executor of the will made in 1545 by Richard Saket the younger. Both men died at about the same time, so that Thomas was unlikely to have been able to have carried out the duties of executor.