John Sackett
| Father | John Sackett (late 1400s-1529) |
| Mother | Johan ___ (say 1480-) |
John Sackett, yeoman of St Nicholas at Wade, Thanet, Kent, was born probably in the early 1520s. Although not proved, he was probably the son of John Sackett of St John in Thanet and Johan ___. He died at St Nicholas at WadeG on 22 June 1588.1 He married first Joane ___, and they had a daughter Martha.2 Joane died at St Nicholas at WadeG about 1570.3 He married second at St Peter in ThanetG on 26 July 1571, Johan (Allyne) Emptage, the widow of Richard Emptage, by whom she had had four children.4 After John's death, she married Richard Knowler. She died on 6 January 1603/4.5
John was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in St John in ThanetG on 4 July 1529.6
He was to inherit at age 24 the residue of his father's lands and tenement after reserving specified landholdings for his brother William.
John made his will at St Nicholas at Wade in 1588.2 He left his farm to his wife Johan during her widowhood, with reversion to Johan's son Edward Emptage. He left his daughter Martha a fresh and salt marsh at Chamber's Wall, and Martha's husband John Foorde was left £60 "in addition to £60 I owe him". The will also mentions Edward and Alice Emptage, two of Joan's children by her former marriage. Stepson Edward Emptage was left £60 at 21, with the telling condition that "he shall hold himself full contented and not trouble my executor for any other demands."
John's will reveals him to have been a prosperous yeoman farmer, with bequests to "every man servant, every boy servant, and each maid servant" indicating his employing a number of staff. A Thomas Palmer buried at St Nicholas in 1583 was described as a servant of John Sackett.7
The identification of John Sackett who died at St Nicholas in 1588 with John Sackett who inherited lands from his father in 1529 is probable but not proved. The inherited lands were presumably in or near the father's home parish of St John in Thanet. St Nicholas is 7 miles west of St John. However, the reference on the memorial of John who died in 1588 to his having been "so' time" of St Nicholas suggests he was not a native of the parish and had moved there from elsewhere.
John Sackett's memorial1 at St Nicholas at Wade reads:
John's will
John was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in St John in ThanetG on 4 July 1529.6
He was to inherit at age 24 the residue of his father's lands and tenement after reserving specified landholdings for his brother William. John made his will at St Nicholas at Wade in 1588.2
He left his farm to his wife Johan during her widowhood, with reversion to Johan's son Edward Emptage. He left his daughter Martha a fresh and salt marsh at Chamber's Wall, and Martha's husband John Foorde was left £60 "in addition to £60 I owe him". The will also mentions Edward and Alice Emptage, two of Joan's children by her former marriage. Stepson Edward Emptage was left £60 at 21, with the telling condition that "he shall hold himself full contented and not trouble my executor for any other demands." John's will reveals him to have been a prosperous yeoman farmer, with bequests to "every man servant, every boy servant, and each maid servant" indicating his employing a number of staff. A Thomas Palmer buried at St Nicholas in 1583 was described as a servant of John Sackett.7
The identification of John Sackett who died at St Nicholas in 1588 with John Sackett who inherited lands from his father in 1529 is probable but not proved. The inherited lands were presumably in or near the father's home parish of St John in Thanet. St Nicholas is 7 miles west of St John. However, the reference on the memorial of John who died in 1588 to his having been "so' time" of St Nicholas suggests he was not a native of the parish and had moved there from elsewhere.
John Sackett's memorial1 at St Nicholas at Wade reads:
Here lyeth buried the body of John Sacket so'
time of the P'ishe of S. Nicholas at Wade, hou died
the xxii daye of Juine A' Ve D'ni 1588, whose
soule we hope God take to hys marcie
John's wife's memorial5 at St Nicholas at Wade reads:time of the P'ishe of S. Nicholas at Wade, hou died
the xxii daye of Juine A' Ve D'ni 1588, whose
soule we hope God take to hys marcie
Here lyeth buried the body of Jhane Knooler, late wife of John Sacket & Richard Enitage [sic]. By the forsaid Richard Enitage she had issue 2 sons & 2 daughters, the which said Jhane deceased the 6 of January A'no D'ni 1603.8
John's will
Abstract of will of John Sacket of St Nicholas at Wade, Thanet, Kent.
Date: 1588.
Proved: Consistory Court of Canterbury, 1 October 1588.
Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-36-110.
Testator: John Sacket, yeoman of St Nicholas at Wade, Thanet.
Beneficiaries:
Wife Johan, lease of the farm so long as she remains widow.
Wife’s son Edward Emptage, reversion of farm, paying mother £100.
My daughter Martha, wife of John Foorde, reversion if Edward dies.
Wife’s daughter Alice, wife of Richard Langley, reversion if Martha dies.
Son-in-law John Foorde, £60 in addition to £60 I owe him.
My daughter Martha Foorde, fresh & salt marsh at Chambers Wall, St Nicholas; 2 young heifers.
Son-in-law Richard Langley, 100 marks.
Son-in-law Edward Emptage, £60 at 21, "on condition that he shall hold himself full contented and not trouble my executor for any other demands".
Wife’s kinswoman, wife of William ?Harle, 1 young heifer.
Landlords Master & Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, young gelding.
Every man servant, 10s.
Every boy servant, 5s.
Cousin Alice ?Gussen, 40s.
Each maid servant, 5s.
Every poor householder in parish, half bushel of wheat.
Reparations of St Nicholas church, 10s.
Mr Charles, malt.
Godchild William Charles, 20s.
William Foorde, wheat.
Executrix wife Johan, residue.
Witnesses: James Charles, Wryter Heeress, Edward Whitlocke, Lawrence Jones.
Date: 1588.
Proved: Consistory Court of Canterbury, 1 October 1588.
Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-36-110.
Testator: John Sacket, yeoman of St Nicholas at Wade, Thanet.
Beneficiaries:
Wife Johan, lease of the farm so long as she remains widow.
Wife’s son Edward Emptage, reversion of farm, paying mother £100.
My daughter Martha, wife of John Foorde, reversion if Edward dies.
Wife’s daughter Alice, wife of Richard Langley, reversion if Martha dies.
Son-in-law John Foorde, £60 in addition to £60 I owe him.
My daughter Martha Foorde, fresh & salt marsh at Chambers Wall, St Nicholas; 2 young heifers.
Son-in-law Richard Langley, 100 marks.
Son-in-law Edward Emptage, £60 at 21, "on condition that he shall hold himself full contented and not trouble my executor for any other demands".
Wife’s kinswoman, wife of William ?Harle, 1 young heifer.
Landlords Master & Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, young gelding.
Every man servant, 10s.
Every boy servant, 5s.
Cousin Alice ?Gussen, 40s.
Each maid servant, 5s.
Every poor householder in parish, half bushel of wheat.
Reparations of St Nicholas church, 10s.
Mr Charles, malt.
Godchild William Charles, 20s.
William Foorde, wheat.
Executrix wife Johan, residue.
Witnesses: James Charles, Wryter Heeress, Edward Whitlocke, Lawrence Jones.
Child of John Sackett and Joane ___
- Martha Sackett b. before 1570, d. after 1588
Notes & Citations
- Monumental inscription on the grave of John Sackett (St Nicholas at Wade).
- Will of John Sacket of St Nicholas at Wade, Thanet, Kent, 1588, proved at Canterbury Consistory Court, 1 October 1588 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-36-110).
- Burials Register, St Nicholas at Wade, Kent (Bishops' Transcripts, Canterbury Cathedral Library), "1570 or 1571 Joane ux. Johes. Saket [exact date missing; page torn]."
- Marriages Register, St Peter in Thanet, Kent (Tyler transcripts, Society of Genealogists), "26 July 1571 John Sackett & Joan Emptage."
- Monumental inscription on the grave of Jhane Knooler (St Nicholas at Wade).
- Will of John Sakett of St John in Thanet, Kent, 4 July 1529, proved at Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, September 1529 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-18-246).
- Burials Register, St Nicholas at Wade, Kent, "[8 November 1583] Noneber funera - 8. die sepultus fuit Thomas Palmer [?opulenulus] et famulus Johis Sackett [buried Thomas Palmer ... & servant of John Sackett]."
- Despite the different names, Joan (Johan) and Jhane, it would appear that the Johan mentioned in John's will and the Jhane Knooler in the grave inscription were the same.
| Sackett line | Grandson of William Sackett of St John in Thanet |
| Charts | Line 2 (English) |
| Generation.Tree | G.2 |
| Last Edited | 14 Oct 2024 |
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