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Richard Sackville (bef. 1507 - 1566)

Richard "Fill Sack" Sackville
Born before in Chiddingly, Sussex, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married before 1536 (to 21 Apr 1566) [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after age 59 [location unknown]
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Biography

Richard was born before 1507, probably at Chiddingly or one of his father's other manors in Sussex, England. He was the son and heir of John Sackville of Chiddingly by his first wife Margaret Boleyn. He was described as being aged 50 years or more at his father's Inquisition Post Mortem in 1557, and his father's heir. [1]

The Sackville family were well connected through the English aristocratic families of the time.
His mother Margaret Boleyn was sister to Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire and the father of Ann Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. Thomas Boleyn's wife was Elizabeth Howard, sister to Thomas Howard the Duke of Norfolk.

Richard had at least two brothers - Christopher and John - and three sisters, all full siblings. His mother Margaret died before 1552, as in that year the Visitations of Essex shows that his father John had already remarried to Ann Torrell (or Alice as she is called in the Visitation). [2] The Visitations notes that Ann "ob. S.p." or died without children. [3] She was still alive in 1556 when John wrote his will. [1]


Sir Richard, as chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, was responsible for administering the former monastic estates, and in the process acquired great wealth and the sobriquet ‘fill-sack’.

He was appointed a privy councillor by Elizabeth.[4]

Occupation

  • Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations[5]


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 IPM of John Sackville in: Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Sussex: 1 Henry VII to 1649 abstracted by F.T.W. Attree. Pub. Sussex Record Society, Vol, XIV 1912 page 196 Internet Archive Accessed 17 May 2021
  2. Political career of John Sackville in: SACKVILLE, John I (by 1484-1557), of Mount Bures, Essex, Withyham and Chiddingly, Suss. biography by R. J.W. Swales. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 HoP online Accessed 17 May 2021
  3. Torrell pedigree in: The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634 : to which are added miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts, and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees v.13 Edited Metcalfe, Walter C. Part 1, page 116 Internet Archive Accessed 17 May 2021
  4. History of Parliament. entered 2013 Dec 01 by Michelle
  5. History of Parliament. entered 2013 Dec 01 by Michelle


Acknowledgements This person was created through the import of Rodney Timbrook Ancestors and Relatives_2010-09-10.ged on 10 September 2010.





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Hello Michelle - I hope you don't mind, but I am just about to add some Inquisition Post Mortem information to Richard Sackville's profile and the profiles of his immediate family. They feature in the English ancestry of this week's WikiTree Challenge personality, Devon Lee.

Best wishes, Jo, England Project team

posted by Jo Fitz-Henry